Title :
Monolithic silicon chip with 10 modulator channels at 25 Gbps and 100-GHz spacing
Author :
Chen, Long ; Doerr, Christopher R. ; Dong, Po ; Chen, Young-Kai
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a chip containing ten low-chirp silicon modulators, each operating at 25 Gbps, multiplexed by a SiN arrayed-waveguide grating with 100-GHz spacing, showing the potential for 250 Gbps aggregated capacity on a 5×8 mm2 footprint.
Keywords :
millimetre wave integrated circuits; modulators; monolithic integrated circuits; silicon compounds; SiN; arrayed-waveguide grating; bit rate 25 Gbit/s; bit rate 250 Gbit/s; frequency 100 GHz; low-chirp silicon modulators; modulator channels; monolithic silicon chip; Bandwidth; Optical device fabrication; Optical modulation; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Silicon compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9
