A 1.60μm laser diode and electroabsorption modulator monolithically integrated with a novel dual-waveguide spot-size converter output for low-loss coupling to a cleaved single-mode optical fiber are demonstrated.The ...A 1.60μm laser diode and electroabsorption modulator monolithically integrated with a novel dual-waveguide spot-size converter output for low-loss coupling to a cleaved single-mode optical fiber are demonstrated.The devices emit in a single transverse and quasi single longitudinal mode with an SMSR of 25.6dB.These devices exhibit a 3dB modulation bandwidth of 15.0GHz,and modulator DC extinction ratios of 16.2dB.The output beam divergence angles of the spot-size converter in the horizontal and vertical directions are as small as 7.3°×18.0°,respectively,resulting in a 3.0dB coupling loss with a cleaved single-mode optical fiber.展开更多
A semiconductor optical amplifier and electroabsorption modulator monolithically integrated with a spotsize converter input and output is fabricated by means of selective area growth,quantum well intermixing,and asymm...A semiconductor optical amplifier and electroabsorption modulator monolithically integrated with a spotsize converter input and output is fabricated by means of selective area growth,quantum well intermixing,and asymmetric twin waveguide technology. A 1550-1600nm lossless operation with a high DC extinction ratio of 25dB and more than 10GHz 3dB bandwidth are successfully achieved. The output beam divergence angles of the device in the horizontal and vertical directions are as small as 7.3°× 18.0°, respectively, resulting in a 3.0dB coupling loss with a cleaved single-mode optical fiber.展开更多
A compact and stable three-port optical gate has been successfully fabricated by monolithically integrating a simple photodiode and an electroabsorption modulator. The gate shows an excellent DC logic ＂and＂ function...A compact and stable three-port optical gate has been successfully fabricated by monolithically integrating a simple photodiode and an electroabsorption modulator. The gate shows an excellent DC logic ＂and＂ function with different load resistors. Its dynamical characteristics without packaging have also been measured. We observed a dynamic extinction ratio of over 7dB with a 95012 load resistor and a 7mW control light power at 622Mbit/s.展开更多
Electroabsorption modulators combining Franz-Keldysh effect and quantum confined Stark effect have been mono-lithically integrated with tunnel-injection quantum-well distributed feedback lasers using a quantum well in...Electroabsorption modulators combining Franz-Keldysh effect and quantum confined Stark effect have been mono-lithically integrated with tunnel-injection quantum-well distributed feedback lasers using a quantum well intermixing method. Superior characteristics such as extinction ratio and temperature insensitivity have been demonstrated at wide temperature ranges.展开更多
We report on chip-scale optical gates based on the integration of evanescent waveguide unitraveling-carrier photo- diodes （EC-UTC-PDs） and intra-step quantum well electroabsorption modulators （IQW-EAMs） on n-InP s...We report on chip-scale optical gates based on the integration of evanescent waveguide unitraveling-carrier photo- diodes （EC-UTC-PDs） and intra-step quantum well electroabsorption modulators （IQW-EAMs） on n-InP substrates. These devices exhibit simultaneously 2.1 GHz and -16.2 dB RF-gain at 21 GHz with a 450 t2 thin-film resistor and a bypass capacitor integrated on a chip.展开更多
Transmission performance of electroabsorption modulator in 10 Gb/s transmission systems has been simulated and analyzed under the condition of taking into account the chirp,extinction ratio, transmissivity and rise/fa...Transmission performance of electroabsorption modulator in 10 Gb/s transmission systems has been simulated and analyzed under the condition of taking into account the chirp,extinction ratio, transmissivity and rise/fall time.Results show that short transmission distance without EDFA after EAM can be used in future metropolitan area network,but the transmissivity must be carefully considered. The sampling time range and decision level can be optimized to reduce the bit error ratio.展开更多
A 32 Gb/s monolithically integrated electroabsorption modulated laser is fabricated by selective area growth technology. The threshold current of the device is below 13mA. The output power exceeds 10mW at 0V bias when...A 32 Gb/s monolithically integrated electroabsorption modulated laser is fabricated by selective area growth technology. The threshold current of the device is below 13mA. The output power exceeds 10mW at 0V bias when the injection current of the distributed feedback laser is 100mA at 25℃. The side mode suppression ratio is over 50 dB. A 32Gb/s eye diagram is measured with a 3.SVpp nonreturn-to-zero pseudorandom modulation signal at -2.3 V bias. A clearly opening eyediagram with a dynamic extinction ratio of 8.01 dB is obtained.展开更多
We report a wavelength tunable electro-absorption modulated DBR laser based on a combined method of SAG and QWI. The threshold current is 37mA and the output power at 100mA gain current is 3.5mW. When coupled to a sin...We report a wavelength tunable electro-absorption modulated DBR laser based on a combined method of SAG and QWI. The threshold current is 37mA and the output power at 100mA gain current is 3.5mW. When coupled to a single-mode fiber with a coupling efficiency of 15% ,more than a 20dB extinction ratio is observed over the change of EAM bias from 0 to -2V. The 4.4nm continuous wavelength tuning range covers 6 channels on a 100GHz grid for WDM telecommunications.展开更多
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- atic...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.展开更多
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 modu...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.展开更多
All-optical wavelength conversion has been demonstrated with an electroabsorption modulator based on cross-absorption modulation. For the first time, simultaneous broadcasting up to 6 different wavelengths at 10Gb/s i...All-optical wavelength conversion has been demonstrated with an electroabsorption modulator based on cross-absorption modulation. For the first time, simultaneous broadcasting up to 6 different wavelengths at 10Gb/s is obtained with less than 0.5-dB polarization dependence.展开更多
A new method for fabricating electroabsorption modulator integrated with a distributed feedback laser(EML) was proposed.With the method we fabricated a selective area growth double stack active layer EML(SAG-DSAL-EML)...A new method for fabricating electroabsorption modulator integrated with a distributed feedback laser(EML) was proposed.With the method we fabricated a selective area growth double stack active layer EML(SAG-DSAL-EML).Through comparing with other fabrication methods of EMLs,the characters and the merits of the new method presented in this paper were discussed.展开更多
A stable 10 GHz ultrashort pulse generator consisted of an electroabsorption modulator （EAM） and a welldesigned fibre-based pulse compressor is proposed and demonstrated experimentally. The obtained short pulse has ...A stable 10 GHz ultrashort pulse generator consisted of an electroabsorption modulator （EAM） and a welldesigned fibre-based pulse compressor is proposed and demonstrated experimentally. The obtained short pulse has high extinction ratio, no pedestal, low timing jitter, and FWHM of only 2.4ps. The excellent performance of multiplexing from 10 GHz to 160 GHz confirms the potential of the generator for applications in 160 Gbit/s optical time-division-multiplexing （OTDM） systems.展开更多
文摘A 1.60μm laser diode and electroabsorption modulator monolithically integrated with a novel dual-waveguide spot-size converter output for low-loss coupling to a cleaved single-mode optical fiber are demonstrated.The devices emit in a single transverse and quasi single longitudinal mode with an SMSR of 25.6dB.These devices exhibit a 3dB modulation bandwidth of 15.0GHz,and modulator DC extinction ratios of 16.2dB.The output beam divergence angles of the spot-size converter in the horizontal and vertical directions are as small as 7.3°×18.0°,respectively,resulting in a 3.0dB coupling loss with a cleaved single-mode optical fiber.
文摘A semiconductor optical amplifier and electroabsorption modulator monolithically integrated with a spotsize converter input and output is fabricated by means of selective area growth,quantum well intermixing,and asymmetric twin waveguide technology. A 1550-1600nm lossless operation with a high DC extinction ratio of 25dB and more than 10GHz 3dB bandwidth are successfully achieved. The output beam divergence angles of the device in the horizontal and vertical directions are as small as 7.3°× 18.0°, respectively, resulting in a 3.0dB coupling loss with a cleaved single-mode optical fiber.
文摘A compact and stable three-port optical gate has been successfully fabricated by monolithically integrating a simple photodiode and an electroabsorption modulator. The gate shows an excellent DC logic ＂and＂ function with different load resistors. Its dynamical characteristics without packaging have also been measured. We observed a dynamic extinction ratio of over 7dB with a 95012 load resistor and a 7mW control light power at 622Mbit/s.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 60736036,60706009,60777021 and 60702006)the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos. 2006CB604901 and 2006CB604902)the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant Nos. 2007AA03Z419,2007AA03Z417 and 2009AA03Z442)
文摘Electroabsorption modulators combining Franz-Keldysh effect and quantum confined Stark effect have been mono-lithically integrated with tunnel-injection quantum-well distributed feedback lasers using a quantum well intermixing method. Superior characteristics such as extinction ratio and temperature insensitivity have been demonstrated at wide temperature ranges.
基金supported by the National High Technology Research and Development of China (Grant Nos. 2006AA01Z256,2007AA03Z419 and 2007AA03Z417)the State Key Development Program for Basic Research of China (Grant Nos. 2006CB604901and 2006CB604902)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 90401025,60736036,60706009 and 60777021)
文摘We report on chip-scale optical gates based on the integration of evanescent waveguide unitraveling-carrier photo- diodes （EC-UTC-PDs） and intra-step quantum well electroabsorption modulators （IQW-EAMs） on n-InP substrates. These devices exhibit simultaneously 2.1 GHz and -16.2 dB RF-gain at 21 GHz with a 450 t2 thin-film resistor and a bypass capacitor integrated on a chip.
文摘Transmission performance of electroabsorption modulator in 10 Gb/s transmission systems has been simulated and analyzed under the condition of taking into account the chirp,extinction ratio, transmissivity and rise/fall time.Results show that short transmission distance without EDFA after EAM can be used in future metropolitan area network,but the transmissivity must be carefully considered. The sampling time range and decision level can be optimized to reduce the bit error ratio.
基金Supported by the National High-Technology Research and Development Program of China under Grant Nos 2011AA010303and 2012AA012203the National Basic Research Program of China under Grant No 2011CB301702the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 61321063 and 6132010601
文摘A 32 Gb/s monolithically integrated electroabsorption modulated laser is fabricated by selective area growth technology. The threshold current of the device is below 13mA. The output power exceeds 10mW at 0V bias when the injection current of the distributed feedback laser is 100mA at 25℃. The side mode suppression ratio is over 50 dB. A 32Gb/s eye diagram is measured with a 3.SVpp nonreturn-to-zero pseudorandom modulation signal at -2.3 V bias. A clearly opening eyediagram with a dynamic extinction ratio of 8.01 dB is obtained.
文摘We report a wavelength tunable electro-absorption modulated DBR laser based on a combined method of SAG and QWI. The threshold current is 37mA and the output power at 100mA gain current is 3.5mW. When coupled to a single-mode fiber with a coupling efficiency of 15% ,more than a 20dB extinction ratio is observed over the change of EAM bias from 0 to -2V. The 4.4nm continuous wavelength tuning range covers 6 channels on a 100GHz grid for WDM telecommunications.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 61274046,61474111 and 61321063the National High-Technology Research and Development Program of China under Grant No 2013AA014202
文摘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.
基金This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China under Grant No.2018YFE0201900the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grants No.61927821 and No.61875240the Joint Research Fund of Ministry of Education of China under Grant No.6141A02022436.
文摘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.
文摘All-optical wavelength conversion has been demonstrated with an electroabsorption modulator based on cross-absorption modulation. For the first time, simultaneous broadcasting up to 6 different wavelengths at 10Gb/s is obtained with less than 0.5-dB polarization dependence.
基金Supported by the National High-Tech Research and Development Program of China (Grant Nos.2001AA312050,2005AA31g060 and 2007AA-03Z417)
文摘A new method for fabricating electroabsorption modulator integrated with a distributed feedback laser(EML) was proposed.With the method we fabricated a selective area growth double stack active layer EML(SAG-DSAL-EML).Through comparing with other fabrication methods of EMLs,the characters and the merits of the new method presented in this paper were discussed.
基金Support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 60577033, and the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education （SRFDP） under Grant No 20050003010.
文摘A stable 10 GHz ultrashort pulse generator consisted of an electroabsorption modulator （EAM） and a welldesigned fibre-based pulse compressor is proposed and demonstrated experimentally. The obtained short pulse has high extinction ratio, no pedestal, low timing jitter, and FWHM of only 2.4ps. The excellent performance of multiplexing from 10 GHz to 160 GHz confirms the potential of the generator for applications in 160 Gbit/s optical time-division-multiplexing （OTDM） systems.
