Title :
Modulation speed enhancement of directly modulated lasers using a micro-ring resonator
Author :
An, Yi ; Riesgo, Abel Lorences ; Seoane, Jorge ; Ding, Yunhong ; Ou, Haiyan ; Peucheret, Christophe
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
A silicon micro-ring resonator is used to enhance the modulation speed of a 10-Gbit/s directly modulated laser to 40 Gbit/s, demonstrating a potentially integratable transmitter design for high-speed optical interconnects.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; optical interconnections; optical modulation; optical transmitters; silicon; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; directly modulated lasers; high speed optical interconnects; integratable transmitter design; modulation speed enhancement; silicon microring resonator; Bit error rate; Chirp; Erbium; Optical resonators; Optical transmitters; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Interconnects Conference, 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Santa Fe, NM
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1620-1
DOI :
10.1109/OIC.2012.6224461
