DocumentCode
1793892
Title
Ultra-compact 320 Gb/s and 160 Gb/s WDM transmitters based on silicon microrings
Author
Yang Liu ; Ran Ding ; Qi Li ; Zhe Xuan ; Yunchu Li ; Yisu Yang ; Lim, Andy Eu-Jin ; Lo, Patrick Guo-Qiang ; Bergman, Keren ; Baehr-Jones, Tom ; Hochberg, Michael
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
fYear
2014
fDate
9-13 March 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We demonstrated 320Gb/s 8-channel and 160Gb/s 4-channel WDM transmitter using silicon microrings based on conventional common-bus architecture and a new “Mod-MUX” architecture respectively. We discuss and compare the two designs and highlight their complementary merits.
Keywords
elemental semiconductors; multiplexing equipment; optical transmitters; silicon; wavelength division multiplexing; Mod-MUX architecture; bit rate 160 Gbit/s; bit rate 320 Gbit/s; common-bus architecture; silicon microrings; ultra-compact WDM transmitters; Modulation; Optical filters; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides; Ring lasers; Tuning; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-5575-2994-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1364/OFC.2014.Th4G.6
Filename
6886855
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