1. Optical Pre-Emphasis by Cascaded Graphene Electro Absorption Modulators
- Author
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Sorianello, V., Contestabile, G., Midrio, M., Pantouvaki, M., Asselbergs, I., Van Campenhout, J., Huyghebaerts, C., and Romagnoli, M.
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Physics - Applied Physics ,Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Signal Processing - Abstract
A simple optical circuit made by a cascade of two graphene-on-silicon electro absorption modulators (EAMs) of different length is used for the optical pre-emphasis of 10 Gb/s non-return-to-zero (NRZ) signals by delay-inverse-weight compensation. Transmission up to 100 km on single mode fiber (SMF) without dispersion compensation is reported, showing also the large performance advantage (6 dB in back-to back and around 5 dB in transmission) in respect of the conventional single EAM transmitter configuration.
- Published
- 2020
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