Transmissionperformanceofelectroabsorptionmodulatorin10Gb/stransmissionsystemshasbeensimulatedandanalyzedundertheconditionoftakingintoaccountthechirp,extinctionratio,transmissivityandrise/falltime.ResultsshowthatshorttransmissiondistancewithoutEDFAafterEAMcanbeusedinfuturemetropolitanareanetwork,butthetransmissivitymustbecarefullyconsidered.Thesamplingtimerangeanddecisionlevelcanbeoptimizedtoreducethebiterrorratio.
