Ea modulation circuit of optical module
In this tutorial, we demonstrate optical modulation using an electroabsorbtion modulator. Woodward et al, "Modulator-Driver Circuits for Optoelectronic VLSI," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, June 1997. An electro-absorption modulator (EAM) is a semiconductor device which can be used for modulating the intensity of a laser beam via an electric voltage. Its main advantages are a small footprint, low power consumption (hence lower capacitance) and high-speed operation 1. These transmissions systems use plug-in optical transceivers called XFP modules to convert electrical signals to the opt cal signals that are sent over optical fibers.
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