Thin-film lithium niobate dual-polarization IQ modulator on a silicon substrate for single-carrier 1.6 Tb/s transmission

Xuanhao Wang; Chenglin Shang; An Pan; Xingran Cheng; Tao Gui; Shuai Yuan; Chengcheng Gui; Keshuang Zheng; Peijie Zhang; Xiaolu Song; Yanbo Li; Liangchuan Li; Cheng Zeng; Jinsong Xia

doi:10.1063/5.0097296

APL Photonics (Jul 2022)

Thin-film lithium niobate dual-polarization IQ modulator on a silicon substrate for single-carrier 1.6 Tb/s transmission

Xuanhao Wang,
Chenglin Shang,
An Pan,
Xingran Cheng,
Tao Gui,
Shuai Yuan,
Chengcheng Gui,
Keshuang Zheng,
Peijie Zhang,
Xiaolu Song,
Yanbo Li,
Liangchuan Li,
Cheng Zeng,
Jinsong Xia

Affiliations

Xuanhao Wang: Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
Chenglin Shang: Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
An Pan: Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
Xingran Cheng: Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
Tao Gui: Huawei Technologies, Optical R&D Department, Dongguan 523000, China
Shuai Yuan: Huawei Technologies, Optical R&D Department, Dongguan 523000, China
Chengcheng Gui: Huawei Technologies, B & P Laboratory, Shenzhen 518000, China
Keshuang Zheng: Huawei Technologies, Optical R&D Department, Dongguan 523000, China
Peijie Zhang: Huawei Technologies, B & P Laboratory, Shenzhen 518000, China
Xiaolu Song: Huawei Technologies, B & P Laboratory, Shenzhen 518000, China
Yanbo Li: Huawei Technologies, Optical R&D Department, Dongguan 523000, China
Liangchuan Li: Huawei Technologies, Optical R&D Department, Dongguan 523000, China
Cheng Zeng: Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
Jinsong Xia: Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0097296
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 7
pp. 076101 – 076101-5

Abstract

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We successfully demonstrate a monolithic integrated dual-polarization in-phase/quadrature (IQ) modulator based on thin-film lithium niobate platform with a silicon substrate, which consists of IQ modulators, spot-size converters, and a polarization rotator combiner. When coupled with polarization maintaining fibers, the measured insertion loss of the modulator is 12 dB. In addition, we experimentally achieve a single-carrier 1.6 Tb/s net bitrate transmission.

Published in APL Photonics

ISSN: 2378-0967 (Online)
Publisher: AIP Publishing LLC
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics
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