DocumentCode
608627
Title
Pattern-dependent performance of microring modulators
Author
Xiaoliang Zhu ; Padmaraju, Kishore ; Long Chen ; Logan, Dylan F. ; Ackert, Jason J. ; Knights, Andrew P. ; Lipson, Michal ; Bergman, Keren
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
fYear
2013
fDate
17-21 March 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We characterize microring modulators under consecutive data patterns and find significant power penalties when long sequences of zeros and ones are introduced. The penalty is greater for injection mode devices compared to depletion mode devices.
Keywords
modulators; optical interconnections; pattern recognition; consecutive data patterns; depletion mode devices; injection mode devices; microring modulators; pattern-dependent performance; power penalties; Bit error rate; Bit rate; Educational institutions; Integrated optics; Optical modulation; Silicon;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-0457-0
Type
conf
Filename
6532767
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