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Characterization of Silicon Mach-Zehnder Modulator in 20-Gbps NRZ-BPSK Transmission
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20-Gbps non return-to-zero (NRZ) – binary phase shift keying (BPSK) using the silicon Mach-Zehnder modulator is demonstrated and characterized. Measurement of a constellation diagram confirms successful modulation of 20-Gbps BPSK with the silicon modulator. Transmission performance is characterized in the measurement of bit-error-rate in accumulated dispersion range from -347 ps/nm to +334 ps/nm using SMF and a dispersion compensating fiber module. Optical signal-to-noise ratio required for bit-error-rate of 10-3 is 10.1 dB at back-to-back condition. It is 1.2-dB difference from simulated value. Obtained dispersion tolerance less than 2-dB power penalty for bit-error-rate of 10-3 is -220 ps/nm to +230 ps/nm. The symmetric dispersion tolerance indicates chirp-free modulation. Frequency chirp inherent in the modulation mechanism of the silicon MZM is also discussed with the simulation. The effect caused by the frequency chirp is limited to 3% shift in the chromatic dispersion range of 2 dB power penalty for BER 10-3. The effect inherent in the silicon modulation mechanism is confirmed to be very limited and not to cause any significant degradation in the transmission performance.
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- IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics Vol.E96-C No.7 pp.974-980
- Publication Date
- 2013/07/01
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- 1745-1353
- DOI
- 10.1587/transele.E96.C.974
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- Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Recent Advances in Integrated Photonic Devices)
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Kazuhiro GOI
Fujikura Ltd.
Kenji ODA
Fujikura Ltd.
Hiroyuki KUSAKA
Fujikura Ltd.
Akira OKA
Fujikura Ltd.
Yoshihiro TERADA
Fujikura Ltd.
Kensuke OGAWA
Fujikura Ltd.
Tsung-Yang LIOW
ASTAR
Xiaoguang TU
ASTAR
Guo-Qiang LO
ASTAR
Dim-Lee KWONG
ASTAR
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Kazuhiro GOI, Kenji ODA, Hiroyuki KUSAKA, Akira OKA, Yoshihiro TERADA, Kensuke OGAWA, Tsung-Yang LIOW, Xiaoguang TU, Guo-Qiang LO, Dim-Lee KWONG, "Characterization of Silicon Mach-Zehnder Modulator in 20-Gbps NRZ-BPSK Transmission" in IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics,
vol. E96-C, no. 7, pp. 974-980, July 2013, doi: 10.1587/transele.E96.C.974.
Abstract: 20-Gbps non return-to-zero (NRZ) – binary phase shift keying (BPSK) using the silicon Mach-Zehnder modulator is demonstrated and characterized. Measurement of a constellation diagram confirms successful modulation of 20-Gbps BPSK with the silicon modulator. Transmission performance is characterized in the measurement of bit-error-rate in accumulated dispersion range from -347 ps/nm to +334 ps/nm using SMF and a dispersion compensating fiber module. Optical signal-to-noise ratio required for bit-error-rate of 10-3 is 10.1 dB at back-to-back condition. It is 1.2-dB difference from simulated value. Obtained dispersion tolerance less than 2-dB power penalty for bit-error-rate of 10-3 is -220 ps/nm to +230 ps/nm. The symmetric dispersion tolerance indicates chirp-free modulation. Frequency chirp inherent in the modulation mechanism of the silicon MZM is also discussed with the simulation. The effect caused by the frequency chirp is limited to 3% shift in the chromatic dispersion range of 2 dB power penalty for BER 10-3. The effect inherent in the silicon modulation mechanism is confirmed to be very limited and not to cause any significant degradation in the transmission performance.
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AU - Xiaoguang TU
AU - Guo-Qiang LO
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