Demonstration of Vpi Reduction in Electrooptic Modulators using Modulation Instability

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates a tenfold reduction in the half-wave voltage of electrooptic modulators up to 50 GHz by using optical sideband-only amplification, addressing the bottleneck in data transfer between electronics and optical systems.

Contribution

It introduces a novel method employing optical sideband-only amplification to significantly lower the operating voltage of electrooptic modulators.

Findings

Achieved 10-fold reduction in half-wave voltage up to 50 GHz

Demonstrated effectiveness of optical sideband-only amplification

Potential to improve data transfer efficiency in optical communications

Abstract

Reduction in the operating voltage of electrooptic modulators is needed in order to remove the bottleneck in the flow of data between electronics and optical interconnects. We report experimental demonstration of a 10 fold reduction in an electrooptic modulator's half-wave voltage up to 50 GHz. This was achieved by employing optical sideband-only amplification.