Large Bandwidth Visible Electro-Optic Modulator for Data Transmission

We report the development of the world’s first single-mode optical fiber-coupled, fully packaged visible-wavelength electro-optic modulator. The device was experimentally characterized at representative wavelengths within the visible spectrum, including 520 nm, 633 nm, and 680 nm, demonst...

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Main Authors: K. Huang, X. Y. Ying, L. J. Yin, H. Hung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2025-01-01
Series:IEEE Photonics Journal
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11037457/
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Summary:We report the development of the world&#x2019;s first single-mode optical fiber-coupled, fully packaged visible-wavelength electro-optic modulator. The device was experimentally characterized at representative wavelengths within the visible spectrum, including 520 nm, 633 nm, and 680 nm, demonstrating its broadband modulation capability. At a wavelength of 633 nm, the modulator exhibits a measured insertion loss of 7.6 dB, an extinction ratio of 27 dB, and a 3 dB bandwidth of 31.5 GHz. Digital data transmission was successfully demonstrated on the modulator, with a data rate of 12 Gbs<sup>&#x2212;1</sup> and RF drive voltage of only 2 V peak-to-peak voltage, the bit error rate (BER) was measured to be less than 4.2 &#x00D7; 10<sup>&#x2212;7</sup>.
ISSN:1943-0655