• 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