40-Gb/s DPSK Data Transmission Through a Silicon Microring Switch

Author

Xu, Lin ; Zhang, Wenjia ; Li, Qi ; Chan, Johnnie ; Lira, Hugo L R ; Lipson, Michal ; Bergman, Keren

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA

Volume

24

Issue

6

fYear

2012

fDate

3/15/2012 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

473

Lastpage

475

Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate switching of a 40-Gb/s differential-phase-shift-keyed (DPSK) signal through a coupled silicon photonic microring switch. By simultaneously electro-optically biasing both microring cavities, we achieve 14-dB extinction ratio for signals egressing from both output ports of the switch. Packetized transmission of the 40-Gb/s DPSK signal is achieved with power penalties of 0.6 and 2.4 dB for through port and drop port signals, respectively. The effects of a coupled silicon microring are investigated, showing a broad bandwidth and a linear phase response for the drop port are necessary characteristics for routing 40-Gb/s data through the switch for photonic interconnection networks.

Keywords

differential phase shift keying; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical switches; silicon; DPSK data transmission; DPSK signal; Si; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; coupled silicon photonic microring switch; differential-phase-shift-keyed signal; drop port; linear phase response; microring cavities; packetized transmission; photonic interconnection networks; port signals; Cavity resonators; Differential phase shift keying; Optical resonators; Optical switches; Photonics; Silicon; Differential-phase-shift keying; electro-optical devices; microring resonators; packet switching;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2011.2180374

Filename

6107516