1.55μm Mach-Zehnder Modulators on InP for Optical 40/80 Gbit/s Transmission Networks

We demonstrate excellent 40 Gbit/s operation of a packaged InP Mach-Zehnder-Modulator with a low rms jitter of 730 fs. A modulator with 63 GHz on-chip bandwidth is shown as a step towards 80 Gbit/s transmission.

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