Monolithic GaAs electro-optic IQ modulator demonstrated at 150 Gbit/s with 64QAM

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 760-765

  Schindler, P C ^a   Korn, D ^a   Stamatiadis, C ^b   Okeefe, M F ^c   Stampoulidis, L ^d   Schmogrow, R ^a   Zakynthinos, P ^e   Palmer, R ^a   Cameron, N ^c   Zhou, Y ^c   Walker, R G ^c   Kehayas, E ^d   Ben Ezra, S ^f   Tomkos, I ^e   Zimmermann, L ^g   Petermann, K ^b   Freude, W ^a   Koos, C ^a,h   Leuthold, J ^a,i  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Photonics UK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d Constelex Technology Enablers ^*  (Greece)

^e ATHENS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^f II VI Inc   (United States)

^g IHP   (Germany)

^h KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

ⁱ ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Advanced modulation formats; GaAs; IQ modulator

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MODULATION FORMATS; EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS; FABRICATION PROCESS; GAAS; IQ-MODULATOR; LITHIUM NIOBATE DEVICES; MACH ZEHNDER MODULATOR; QUADRATURE COMPONENTS;

GALLIUM ARSENIDE; LIGHT MODULATORS; QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION; QUADRATURE PHASE SHIFT KEYING;

SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM;

EID: 84893385466     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2013.2278381     Document Type: Article

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