T. Tatsumi, Naoki Itabashi, T. Ikagawa, N. Kono, M. Seki, Keiji Tanaka, K. Yamaji, Y. Fujimura, K. Uesaka, T. Nakabayashi, H. Shoji, S. Ogita
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引用次数: 25
Abstract
We have fabricated a compact 224-Gb/s dual-polarization 16-ary quadrature amplitude modulation (DP-16QAM) modulator module consisting of InP-based Mach-Zehnder modulators (MZMs), linear driver ICs and polarization multiplexing micro-optics. We have demonstrated a very low power dissipation of 3.2 W with comparable performance to LiNbO3-based modulator in back-to-back operation.