We demonstrate binary phase shift keying(BPSK) modulation using a silicon Mach–Zehnder modulator with aπ-phase-shift voltage(Vπ) of-4.5 V.The single-drive push–pull traveling wave electrode has been optimized usin...We demonstrate binary phase shift keying(BPSK) modulation using a silicon Mach–Zehnder modulator with aπ-phase-shift voltage(Vπ) of-4.5 V.The single-drive push–pull traveling wave electrode has been optimized using numerical simulations with a 3 dB electro-optic bandwidth of 35 GHz.The 32 Gb/s BPSK constellation diagram is measured with an error vector magnitude of 18.9%.展开更多
基金supported in part by the National 973 Program of China (2011CB301700)the National 863 Program of China (2013AA014402)+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)(61127016,61107041,and 61422508)the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of Ministry of Education (20130073130005)
文摘We demonstrate binary phase shift keying(BPSK) modulation using a silicon Mach–Zehnder modulator with aπ-phase-shift voltage(Vπ) of-4.5 V.The single-drive push–pull traveling wave electrode has been optimized using numerical simulations with a 3 dB electro-optic bandwidth of 35 GHz.The 32 Gb/s BPSK constellation diagram is measured with an error vector magnitude of 18.9%.