Title :
Optical modulation in ring resonators with a single-drive push-pull MZI coupler
Author :
Linjie Zhou ; Rui Yang ; Haike Zhu ; Yanyang Zhou ; Jianping Chen
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
We demonstrate low-voltage modulation in a silicon microring resonator integrated with a single-drive push-pull Mach-Zehnder coupler. 20 Gb/s on-off keying (OOK) and 28 Gb/s binary phase-shift keying (BPSK) modulations are achieved with 0.4 V and 3 V drive voltages, respectively.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; amplitude shift keying; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; micro-optics; microcavities; optical couplers; optical modulation; optical resonators; optical transmitters; phase shift keying; silicon; BPSK; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; OOK modulation; Si; binary phase-shift keying modulation; low-voltage modulation; on-off keying; optical modulation; silicon microring resonators; single-drive push-pull MZI coupler; Binary phase shift keying; Couplers; Couplings; Optical modulation; Optimized production technology; Silicon; Integrated optical devices; Optical modulators; Ring resonators;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN), 2015 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nanjing
DOI :
10.1109/ICOCN.2015.7203715
