Title :
Silicon in-phase/quadrature modulator with on-chip optical equalizer
Author :
Po Dong ; Chongjin Xie ; Buhl, Lawrence L. ; Young-Kai Chen ; Sinsky, Jeffrey H. ; Raybon, G.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We report an in-phase/quadrature modulator with on-chip optical equalizer in a silicon photonic circuit, capable of generating 56-Gbaud quadrature-phase-shift-keyed signals. The equalizer provides a 2.5-dB improvement in optical signal-to-noise ratio at bit-error ratio of 2.4×10-2.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; equalisers; error statistics; optical communication equipment; optical modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; silicon; Si; bit-error ratio; on-chip optical equalizer; optical signal-to-noise ratio; quadrature-phase-shift-keyed signals; silicon in-phase modulator; silicon photonic circuit; silicon quadrature modulator; Equalizers; High-speed optical techniques; Integrated optics; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6963887
