• DocumentCode
    48918
  • Title

    An Energy-Efficient Silicon Microring Resonator-Based Photonic Transmitter

  • Author

    Cheng Li ; Chin-Hui Chen ; Fiorentino, Marco ; Beausoleil, Raymond G. ; Binhao Wang ; Palermo, Samuel

  • Author_Institution
    HP Labs., Palo Alto, CA, USA
  • Volume
    31
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    Oct. 2014
  • Firstpage
    46
  • Lastpage
    54
  • Abstract
    The design of two silicon microring resonator-based photonic transmitters, which were fabricated in the 130-nm SOI process and wire bonded with drivers in the 65-nm CMOS technology, is presented. The data rate of the proposed photonic transmitter can reach up to 9 Gb/s.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; lead bonding; micro-optomechanical devices; micromechanical resonators; optical resonators; optical transmitters; silicon; silicon-on-insulator; CMOS technology; SOI process; Si; data rate; drivers; energy-efficient silicon microring resonator-based photonic transmitter; size 130 nm; size 65 nm; wire bonding; High-speed optical techniques; Multicore processing; Nanophotonics; Optical modulation; Optical ring resonators; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Design & Test, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    2168-2356
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MDAT.2014.2347932
  • Filename
    6887326