Controlling the chirp in electroabsorption modulatorsunder digital modulation

Julian Fells, I.H. White, M.A. Gibbon, RV Penty, G.H.B. Thompson, Alex Wright, Ross Saunders, C.J. Armistead

Electronics Letters · 1994 · 10 citations · 5 references

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Abstract

Time-resolved chirp measurements are presented for a multiquantum well electroabsorption modulator which are in good agreement with Kramers-Kronig calculations. The device delivers negative chirp by control of both the operating wavelength and electrical drive.

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