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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2009. GFP '09. 6th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4402-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1949-2081
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2009.5338375
