• DocumentCode
    161064
  • Title

    Silicon in-phase/quadrature modulator with on-chip optical equalizer

  • Author

    Po Dong ; Chongjin Xie ; Buhl, Lawrence L. ; Young-Kai Chen ; Sinsky, Jeffrey H. ; Raybon, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    21-25 Sept. 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We report an in-phase/quadrature modulator with on-chip optical equalizer in a silicon photonic circuit, capable of generating 56-Gbaud quadrature-phase-shift-keyed signals. The equalizer provides a 2.5-dB improvement in optical signal-to-noise ratio at bit-error ratio of 2.4×10-2.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; equalisers; error statistics; optical communication equipment; optical modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; silicon; Si; bit-error ratio; on-chip optical equalizer; optical signal-to-noise ratio; quadrature-phase-shift-keyed signals; silicon in-phase modulator; silicon photonic circuit; silicon quadrature modulator; Equalizers; High-speed optical techniques; Integrated optics; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cannes
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2014.6963887
  • Filename
    6963887