Demonstration of low power penalty of silicon Mach–Zehnder modulator in long-haul transmission
- 28 November 2012
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Express
- Vol. 20 (25), 27562-27568
- https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.20.027562
Abstract
We demonstrate error-free 80km transmission by a silicon carrier-depletion Mach-Zehnder modulator at 10Gbps and the power penalty is as low as 1.15dB. The devices were evaluated through the bit-error-rate characterizations under the system-level analysis. The silicon Mach-Zehnder modulator was also analyzed comparatively with a lithium niobate Mach-Zehnder modulator in back-to-back transmission and long-haul transmission, respectively, and verified the negative chirp parameter of the silicon modulator through the experiment. The result of low power penalty indicates a practical application for the silicon modulator in the middle- or long-distance transmission systems.Keywords
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