• DocumentCode
    2059970
  • Title

    Performance prospects of compact silicon microring-based electro-optic modulator for analog optical links

  • Author

    Song, Muping ; Zhang, Lin ; Yang, Jeng-Yuan ; Nuccio, Scott ; Beausoleil, Raymond G. ; Willner, Alan E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    21-25 Sept. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We propose ultra-small silicon microring-based analog electro-optic modulators, which exhibit a better SFDR by 5-dB and higher modulation-index compared to MZMs. Third-harmonic-distortion is reduced by 10-dB in fiber transmission.
  • Keywords
    optical communication; optical links; analog electro-optic modulator; analog optical links; compact silicon microring-based electro-optic modulator; fiber transmission; modulation-index; spurious-free dynamic range; third-harmonic-distortion; Electrooptic modulators; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical fiber communication; Optical modulation; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optical variables control; Radio frequency; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Brussels
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2227-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2228-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729451
  • Filename
    4729451