Title :
High-speed and low-power microring modulators for silicon photonics
Author :
Rosenberg, J.C. ; Green, W.M.J. ; Assefa, S. ; Schow, C.L. ; Rylyakov, A.V. ; Gill, D.M. ; Lee, B.G. ; Jahnes, C. ; Barwicz, T. ; Shank, S.M. ; Vlasov, Y.A.
Author_Institution :
IBM T. J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
Abstract :
Microring-based silicon electro-optic modulators allow high-speed and low-power devices to be fabricated in small footprints. A 30 Gbps reverse-biased microring modulator, and an 8 Gbps forward-biased microring modulator with hybrid-integrated preemphasis driver, are presented.
Keywords :
driver circuits; electro-optical modulation; integrated optoelectronics; micro-optics; optical communication equipment; Si; bit rate 30 Gbit/s; bit rate 8 Gbit/s; electro-optic modulator; high speed microring modulator; hybrid integrated preemphasis driver; low power microring modulator; silicon photonics; CMOS integrated circuits; Fiber optics; Optical modulation; Optical transmitters; Photonics; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110518
