Optically controlled electroabsorption modulators for unconstrained wavelength conversion

V. A. Sabnis; H. V. Demir; O. Fidaner; Jr S. Harris; D. A.B. Miller; J. F. Zheng; N. Li; T. C. Wu; H. T. Chen; Y. M. Houng

doi:10.1063/1.1643539

Optically controlled electroabsorption modulators for unconstrained wavelength conversion

V. A. Sabnis^*, H. V. Demir, O. Fidaner, Jr S. Harris, D. A.B. Miller, J. F. Zheng, N. Li, T. C. Wu, H. T. Chen, Y. M. Houng

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A compact, low power, optically controlled, electroabsorption modulator (EAM) performing unconstrained wavelength conversion up to 2.5 Gbit/s was demonstrated. The compact size, low optical and electrical power requirements and electrical reconfigurability allowed for single chip implementation of two-dimensional arrays of multichannel wavelength converters. By appropriately presetting its dc bias points the EAM was designed to efficiently modulate wavelengths over the C band. The results show that through appropriate optimization of the electroabsorption properties of the EAM multple-quantum wells and reduction in size of the on-chip resistors, photodetector and EAM capacitances high-speed operation of these devices at 10 Gbit/s was possible.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	469-471
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	84
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1643539
State	Published - Jan 26 2004
Externally published	Yes

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