• DocumentCode
    2473010
  • Title

    50 Gbit/s wavelength division multiplexing using silicon microring modulators

  • Author

    Manipatruni, Sasikanth ; Chen, Long ; Lipson, Michal

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    9-11 Sept. 2009
  • Firstpage
    244
  • Lastpage
    246
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate 50 Gbit/s modulation using four silicon microring modulators within a footprint of 500 mum2. This is the highest total modulation capacity shown in silicon using compact micro-ring modulators.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; micro-optics; optical interconnections; optical modulation; silicon; wavelength division multiplexing; bit rate 50 Gbit/s; interconnect bandwidth density; modulation bandwidth density; on-chip optical interconnect; silicon microring modulators; total modulation capacity; wavelength division multiplexing; Bandwidth; Integrated circuit interconnections; Network-on-a-chip; Optical interconnections; Optical modulation; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Time division multiplexing; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing; ITRS; bandwidth density; microring; modulators; on-chip optical network; silicon photonics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Group IV Photonics, 2009. GFP '09. 6th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • ISSN
    1949-2081
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4402-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1949-2081
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/GROUP4.2009.5338375
  • Filename
    5338375