Title :
Error-free transmission of DPSK at 5 Gb/s using a silicon microring modulator
Author :
Padmaraju, Kishore ; Ophir, Noam ; Xu, Qianfan ; Schmidt, Bradley ; Shakya, Jagat ; Manipatruni, Sasikanth ; Lipson, Michal ; Bergman, Keren
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate the first error-free transmission of DPSK using a microring modulator, with a power penalty of 1.1 dB in comparison to a commercial LiNbO3 phase modulator. Additionally, long-haul transmission of microring-modulated DPSK is characterized.
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; modulators; optical modulation; silicon; LiNbO3; bit rate 5 Gbit/s; error-free transmission; long-haul transmission; microring-modulated DPSK; phase modulator; silicon microring modulator; Bit error rate; Differential phase shift keying; Lithium niobate; Optical modulation; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9