Enhanced modulation bandwidth of heterogeneously integrated III—V-on-silicon DFB laser for 40 Gb/s NRZ-OOK direct modulation
05 December 2016
We present 40 Gb/s non-return-to-zero on-off keying direct modulation of a heterogeneously integrated IIIâ"V-on-silicon DFB laser. Leveraging the photon-photon resonance effect, the modulation bandwidth is increased to 27 GHz. We demonstrate error free transmission over 2 km non-zero dispersion shifted fiber.