• DocumentCode
    546984
  • Title

    Low-power 30 Gbps silicon microring modulator

  • Author

    Rosenberg, J.C. ; Green, W.M.J. ; Assefa, S. ; Barwicz, T. ; Yang, M. ; Shank, S.M. ; Vlasov, Y.A.

  • Author_Institution
    IBM T. J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A silicon microring modulator is demonstrated utilizing IBM CMOS Silicon Nanophotonics technology, achieving 30Gbps operation at a power consumption of ~335fJ/bit in a device suitable for monolithic integration.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; elemental semiconductors; low-power electronics; modulators; nanophotonics; optical fabrication; silicon; IBM CMOS; Si; bit rate 30 Gbit/s; low power silicon microring modulator; monolithic integration; power consumption; silicon nanophotonics technology; Bit rate; CMOS integrated circuits; Capacitance; Extinction ratio; Modulation; Optical reflection; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951260