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[9a-N202-9]100-Gbaud Si Photonic Crystal Modulator Using Electro-Optic Equalizer

〇Keisuke Kawahara1,2, Tai Tsuchizawa3, Noritsugu Yamamoto3, Yuriko Maegami3, Koji Yamada3, Toshihiko Baba1 (1.Yokohama National Univ., 2.Institute of Science Tokyo, 3.AIST)

Keywords:

optical modulator,photonic crystal,equalizer

A slow-light photonic crystal waveguide optical modulator was integrated with an electro-optic equalizer, extending the bandwidth from 36 GHz to 82 GHz. By forming a high-pass response with a negative tap structure, 100-Gbaud NRZ modulation was demonstrated with Vpp ≈ 3 V and without DSP.