Plasmonic modulator with >170 GHz bandwidth demonstrated at 100 GBd NRZ

Plasmonic modulator with >170 GHz bandwidth demonstrated at 100 GBd NRZ

We demonstrate a plasmonic Mach-Zehnder (MZ) modulator with a flat frequency response exceeding 170 GHz. The modulator comprises two phase modulators exploiting the Pockels effect of an organic electro-optic material in plasmonic slot waveguides. We further show modulation at 100 GBd NRZ and 60 GBd...

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Veröffentlicht in:Optics express 2017-02, Vol.25 (3), p.1762-1768
Hauptverfasser: Hoessbacher, C, Josten, A, Baeuerle, B, Fedoryshyn, Y, Hettrich, H, Salamin, Y, Heni, W, Haffner, C, Kaiser, C, Schmid, R, Elder, D L, Hillerkuss, D, Möller, M, Dalton, L R, Leuthold, J
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Zusammenfassung:We demonstrate a plasmonic Mach-Zehnder (MZ) modulator with a flat frequency response exceeding 170 GHz. The modulator comprises two phase modulators exploiting the Pockels effect of an organic electro-optic material in plasmonic slot waveguides. We further show modulation at 100 GBd NRZ and 60 GBd PAM-4. The electrical drive signals were generated using a 100 GSa/s digital to analog converter (DAC). The high-speed and small-scale devices are relevant for next-generation optical interconnects.
ISSN:1094-4087
1094-4087
DOI:10.1364/OE.25.001762