FULL POLARIZATION INSENSITIVITY OF A 20 GB/S STRAINED-MQW ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATOR

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DEVAUX, F
CHELLES, S
OUGAZZADEN, A
MIRCEA, A
CARRE, M
HUET, F
CARENCO, A
SOREL, Y
KERDILES, JF
HENRY, M
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[1] FRANCE TELECOM,LANNION,FRANCE
[2] ECOLE NORMALE SUPER,F-75231 PARIS 05,FRANCE
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10.1109/68.329639
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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We report on a MQW electroabsorption modulator with tensile-strained wells. The device transmission is shown to be fully polarization insensitive, i.e. both in amplitude and phase. The modulation efficiency is over 20 GHz/V (bandwidth higher than 20 GHz and 1 V drive voltage) which is the highest figure of merit reported for any kind of polarization insensitive modulator. Full polarization independence is further demonstrated by 2.5 Gb/s transmission at 1.55 mum over 475 km of standard fiber without penalty at 10(-9) BER whatever the polarization.
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页码:1203 / 1206
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