Interferometric operation of an electroabsorption modulator for PSK modulation and OOK modulation with performance enhancements
24 September 2006
We present interferometric operation of an electroabsorption modulator. We demonstrate 40-Gb/s PSK modulation, and up to 8.7 dB improvement in extinction ratio in 40-Gb/s OOK modulation using a single commercially available electroabsorption modulator.