title: Very-low-voltage operation of Mach-Zehnder interferometer-type electroabsorption modulator using asymmetric couplers.
abstract: We have proposed and developed a new type of electroabsorption modulator (EAM) that employs both optical absorption and interferometric extinction. The EAM operates at a record low voltage of 0.2 V at 25.8-Gbit/s modulation, which can reduce optical transmitter power consumption and allows the adoption of cost-effective CMOS drivers.
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Ueda
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Fujisawa
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Kanazawa
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Kobayashi
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Takahata
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Ishii