• 文献标题:   Chirp management in silicon-graphene electro absorption modulators
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SORIANELLO V, CONTESTABILE G, MIDRIO M, PANTOUVAKI M, ASSELBERGS I, VAN CAMPENHOUT J, HUYGHEBAERTS C, D ERRICO A, GALLI P, ROMAGNOLI M
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  • 出版物名称:   OPTICS EXPRESS
  • ISSN:   1094-4087
  • 通讯作者地址:   Consorzio Nazl Telecomunicaz CNIT
  • 被引频次:   6
  • DOI:   10.1364/OE.25.019371
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

We study the frequency chirp properties of graphene-on-silicon electro-absorption modulators (EAMs). By experimentally measuring the chirp of a 100 mu m long single layer graphene EAM, we show that the optoelectronic properties of graphene induce a large positive linear chirp on the optical signal generated by the modulator, giving rise to a maximum shift of the instantaneous frequency up to 1.8 GHz. We exploit this peculiar feature for chromatic-dispersion compensation in fiber optic transmission thanks to the pulse temporal lensing effect. In particular, we show dispersion compensation in a 10Gb/s transmission experiment on standard single mode fiber with temporal focusing distance (0-dB optical-signal-to-noise ratio penalty) of 60 km, and also demonstrate 100 km transmission with a bit error rate largely lower than the conventional Reed-Solomon forward error correction threshold of 10(-3). (c) 2017 Optical Society of America