A measurement-based distributed large-signal E/O circuit model for high-speed electroabsorption modulators

The paper presents a measurement-based largesignal distributed model for high-speed electroabsorption modulators, integrated within an RF circuit CAD environment. The model is implemented through a cascaded-cell approach; the identification of the nonlinear lumped equivalent circuit parameters of each cell through measurements is discussed and an example is provided of circuit extraction. An example of integrated driver-EAM simulation is finally discussed