• DocumentCode
    1941722
  • Title

    High-speed silicon modulators

  • Author

    Tao Chu ; Xi Xiao ; Hao Xu ; Xianyao Li ; Zhiyong Li ; Jinzhong Yu ; Yude Yu

  • Author_Institution
    Key Lab. of Integrated Optoelectron., Inst. of Semicond., Beijing, China
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    22-26 Sept. 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Based on SOI waveguides and CMOS processing technology, several high-speed silicon modulators are demonstrated, including a 60-Gbps MZI modulator with 1.6-dB optical loss, a 25-Gbps microring modulator with misalignment-tolerant interleaved PN junctions, a 60-Gbps microring resonator modulator and a 4×50 Gbps WDM modulator.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; elemental semiconductors; integrated optoelectronics; micro-optomechanical devices; micromechanical resonators; optical communication equipment; optical losses; optical modulation; optical resonators; optical waveguides; p-n junctions; silicon; silicon-on-insulator; wavelength division multiplexing; CMOS processing; MZI modulator; SOI waveguides; Si; WDM modulator; bit rate 200 Gbit/s; bit rate 60 Gbit/s; high-speed silicon modulators; microring resonator modulator; misalignment-tolerant interleaved PN junctions; optical loss;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC 2013), 39th European Conference and Exhibition on
  • Conference_Location
    London
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-84919-759-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1049/cp.2013.1444
  • Filename
    6647637