Title :
Optimization of microring-based filters for dense WDM silicon photonic interconnects
Author :
Bahadori, Meisam ; Nikolova, Dessislava ; Rumley, Sebastien ; Chen, Christine P. ; Bergman, Keren
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
The article describes an experimentally validated approach for optimizing wavelength-selective microring filters based on optical signals power penalties. The methodology is used to analyze the performance of WDM links for various bit rates and channel-spacing.
Keywords :
circuit optimisation; micro-optics; optical filters; optical interconnections; optical links; silicon; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM links; bit rate; channel spacing; dense WDM silicon photonic interconnect; optical signal power penalty; wavelength selective microring filter optimization; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Bit rate; Crosstalk; Optical crosstalk; Optical filters; Q-factor;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Interconnects Conference (OI), 2015 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-8178-6
DOI :
10.1109/OIC.2015.7115690
