Reflective silicon Mach Zender modulator with Faraday rotator mirror effect for self-coherent and self-polarization-aligned transmission

Authors :: Menezo, S.
Charbonnier, B.
Beninca De Farias, G.
Grosse, P.
Myko, A.
Thomson, D.J.
Reed, G.T.
Lebreton, A
Fedeli, J.M.
Ben Bakir, B.
Publication Year :: 2013
Abstract: An all-Silicon Reflective Mach Zehnder Modulator (Si-R-MZM) is proposed, providing the Faraday Rotator Mirror effect for achieving simple coherent demodulation. The Si-R-MZM is analytically described and measurements are made to assess the transmission performances.

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