A compact electro-absorption modulator based on graphene photonic crystal fiber

A compact electro-absorption modulator based on graphene photonic crystal fiber is proposed. To enhance the graphene–light interaction efficiency, the innermost six air-holes of photonic crystal fiber are replaced by two large semicircular holes, and monolayer graphene is deposited on the two large semicircular holes. By optimizing the structure parameters, a strong graphene–light interaction is obtained. Moreover, the switch on–off point of the modulator is unchangeable,which is only related to the frequency of the incident light. The influence factors of this composite structure have been analyzed. The proposed modulator is compared with other graphene-based modulators, and the results show that it is filled without dielectric spacer. There are some excellent performances, such as an extinction ratio 7 dB of y-polarization mode,3-dB modulation bandwidth of 70 GHz with small footprint of 205 μm, and a consumption of energy per bit 59 pJ/bit.

Optimization of 1.3-μm InGaAsP/InP Electro-Absorption Modulator

We report the simulation and experimental results of 1.3-μm InGaAsP/InP multiple quantum well （MQW） electro-absorption modulators （EAMs）. In this work, the quantum confined Stark effect of the EAM is system- atically analyzed through the finite element method. An optimized structure of the 1.3-μm InGaAsP/InP QW EAM is proposed for applications in 100 G ethernet. Then 1.3-μm InGaAsP/InP EAMs with f-3dB bandwidth of over 20 GHz and extinction ratio over 20 dB at 3 V bias voltage are demonstrated.

High Speed Electro-Absorption Modulators for Digital and Analog Optical Fiber Communications

An electro-absorption(EA)modulator is one of key components for optical fiber communications due to the high speed,small size,low voltage and integration ability with other semiconductor devices.A 40 Gb/s InGaAsP/InP multiplequantum-well(MQW)EA modulator monolithically integrated with a semiconductor optical amplifier(SOA)was fabricated for digital communications.The modulator capacitance was reduced to obtain 40 GHz bandwidth,and the SOA section helped reduce the insertion loss from 18 dB to 3 dB.InGaAlAs/InP MQW EA modulators have also been fabricated and characterized for analog optical fiber communications.A low driving voltage of 2.7 V and high spurious free dynamic range of 107 dB·Hz2/3 were estimated by static and dynamic measurements.

Red-shift law of intense laser-induced electro-absorption in solids

A theoretical study on the red-shift of laser-induced electro-absorption is presented. It is found that laser-induced red-shift scales with the cube root of the pump laser intensity in the optical tunneling regime and has an obvious deviation from this scale in the multi-photon regime. Our results show that in the optical tunneling regime, the laser-induced red shift has the same law as that in the direct current （DC） approximation. Though the scales are the same in the optical tunneling regime, the physical pictures in the two cases are quite different. The electro-absorption in the DC case is a tunneling-assisted transition process, while the laser-induced electro-absorption is a mixed multi-photon process.

Theoretic analysis and experiment of electric nano-double layer on electro-absorption desalination process

The relationships between electrode absorptive capacity and solution temperature,concentration and electrode potential were investigated by theoretic analysis and experiments.The results show that the charge of electric double-layer on electrode interface is very sensitive to temperature and electrode potential in the electroadsorption process.For the specific electrical adsorption device,the electrode potential must be controlled to avoid the electrolytic reaction.

Non-parabolic effect for femtosecond laser-induced ultrafast electro-absorption in solids

A theoretical study for femtosecond laser-induced ultrafast electro-absorption of bulk solids is presented.Our numerical results show that,in the case of low intensity of the pump laser where the interaction between the pump laser and solids is in the multi-photon regime,the energy band of solids can be approximately taken as a parabolic band and electro-absorption spectrums from the parabolic band and real band are nearly the same.While,in the case of high intensity where the interaction is in the tunneling regime,spectrums from the parabolic band and real band are quite different.The physical mechanism for the difference in the tunneling regime is found.We find that the non-parabolic parts of the real energy band and Bragger scattering of electrons near the first Brillouin zone boundaries,which are neglected in previous studies,strongly influence the electro-absorption spectrum in the tunneling regime.These two physical processes cause the difference of spectrums.Our theoretical results are in accordance with the experiment result.

Measurement and Characterization of Microwave Interaction between Integrated Distributed Feedback Laser Diode and Electro-Absorption Modulator

Integrated electro-absorption-modulated distributed feedback laser diodes(EMLs)are attracting much interest in optical communications for the advantages of a compact structure,low power consumption,and high-speed modulation.In integrated EML,the microwave interaction between the distributed feedback laser diode(DFB-LD)and the electro-absorption modulator(EAM)has a nonnegligible influence on the modulation performance,especially at the high-frequency region.In this paper,integrated EML was investigated as a three-port network with two electrical inputs and a single optical output,where the scattering matrix of the integrated device was theoretically deduced and experimentally measured.Based on the theoretical model and the measured data,the microwave equivalent circuit model of the integrated device was established,from which the microwave interaction between DFB-LD and EAM was successfully extracted.The results reveal that the microwave interaction within integrated EML contains both the electrical isolation and optical coupling.The electrical isolation is bidirectional while the optical coupling is directional,which aggravates the microwave interaction in the direction from DFB-LD to EAM.

Butt-Joint Monolithically Integrated DFB-LD/EA-MD Light Source for 10Gbit/s Transmission

This paper reports on the design,fabrication,and performance of an integrated electro-absorptive modulated laser based on butt-joint configuration for 10Gbit/s application.This paper mainly aims at two aspects.One is to improve the optical coupling between the laser and modulator;another is to increase the bandwidth of such devices by reducing the capacitance parameter of the modulator.The integrated devices exhibit high static and dynamic characteristics. Typical threshold current is 15mA,with some value as low as 8mA.Output power at 100mA is more than 10mW.The extinction characteristics,modulation bandwidth,and electrical return loss are measured.3dB bandwidth more than 10GHz is monitored.

Design of novel three port optical gates scheme for the integration of large optical cavity electroabsorption modulators and evanescently-coupled photodiodes

This paper presents a novel scheme to monolithically integrate an evanescently-coupled uni-travelling carrier photodiode with a planar short multimode waveguide structure and a large optical cavity electroabsorption modulator based on a multimode waveguide structure. By simulation, both electroabsorption modulator and photodiode show excellent optical performances. The device can be fabricated with conventional photolithography, reactive ion etching, and chemical wet etching.

An all-optical buffer based on polarization rotation in an EAM

A theoretical model of the refractive index changes of the TE and TM modes in an electro-absorption modulator （EAM） is deduced. The photon absorption and refractive index changes are analyzed numerically. The influence of pump intensity on the phase difference between the TE and TM modes is studied. The polarization rotation effect is obtained in the EAM, and a novel all-optical fiber loop buffer is designed.

Ultra-flat broadband micro wave frequency comb generation based on optical frequency comb with a multiple-quantumwell electro-absorption modulator in critical state

In this paper,we proposed a novel ultra・flat broadband microwave frequency comb(MFC)generation based on optical frequency comb(OFC)with a multiplequantum-well electroabsorption modulator(MQW-EAM)in critical state.The scheme is simple and easy to adjust.The performance of the MFC generation scheme is investigated using software Optisystem.The results show that the comb spacing of MFC can be adjusted from 5 to 20 GHz by changing RF signafs frequency and the MFC is almost independent on the linewidth of the tunable laser diode.The performance of the MFC can be improved by reasonably increasing the voltage of the RF,the smallsignal gain of the Erbium-doped fiber amplifier(EDFA)and the responsivity of the photodetector.The MFC generated by this scheme has 300 GHz effective bandwidth with 15 comb lines,whose power variation is 0.02 dB,when the components9 parameters in the Optisystem are set as follows:the power of tunable laser diode(TLD)is 0 dBm,the wavelength is 1552.52 nm,and linewidth is 1 MHz;RF signaPs frequency is 20 GHz and the voltage is 10 V;the reverse bias voltage of MQW-EAM is 6.92 V;the small-signal gain of the EDFA is 40 dB;the responsivity of the photodetector(PD)is 1 A/W.

40-to-10-Gb/s demultiplexing using an electro-absorption sampling window

The demultiplexing experiment from a 40 Gb/s optical time-division multiplexing signal is completed by using electro- absorption sampling window based on electronic phase-locked loop circuit for clock recovery. Error-free demultiplexing is achieved when the launched optical power into electro-absorption sampling window reaches 5.5 dBm without optical filter following the EDFA.

Recent developments in graphene-based optical modulators

Graphene has shown promising perspectives in optical active components due to the large active-control of its permittivity-variation. This paper systematically reviews the recent developments ofgraphene-based optical modulators, including material property, different integration schemes, single-layer graphene-based modulator, multi-layer and few-layer graphene-based modulators, corresponding figure-of-merits, wavelength/temperature tolerance, and graphene-based fiber-optic modulator. The different treatments for graphene＇s isotropic and aniso- tropic property were also discussed. The results showed graphene is an excellent material for enhancing silicon＇s weak modulation capability after it is integrated into the silicon platform, and has great potentials for complemen- tary metal oxide semiconductor （CMOS） compatible optical devices, showing significant influence on optical interconnects in future integrated optoelectronic circuits.

Broadband optical frequency comb generation based on single electro‑absorption modulation driven by radio frequency coupled signals

Broadband optical frequency comb(OFC)generation based on a single electro-absorption modulator(EAM)is proposed.The EAM is driven by a radio frequency(RF)multi-frequency signal generated by a multiplication coupler composed of an electrical power splitter and an arithmetic circuit.Thus the number of comb-lines of the generated OFC can be increased.A complete theoretical model of OFC generation by an EAM driven by nth power of the RF source is established,and the performance of the OFC is analyzed by using OptiSystem software.The results show that,the number of comb-lines of the OFC is positively correlated with the number of multiplication of the RF source signal.The frequency spacing of the comb-lines is twice the frequency of the RF source signal and is tunable by adjusting the frequency of the RF source signal.Increasing chirp factor and modulation index of EAM could increase the number of comb-lines of the generated OFC.The amplitude of the RF source signal had little impact on the fatness of the OFC and the average OFC power.The scheme developed is not only simple and low-cost,but also can produce a large number of comb-lines.