Title :
Cost-effective, high-speed, silicon-based microring modulator integrated with grating couplers
Author :
Xiao, Xi ; Zhu, Yu ; Xu, Haihua ; Yu, Yude ; Yu, Jinzhong
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. on Integrated Optoelectron., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing, China
Abstract :
We demonstrate a cost-effective, 0.25 μm-CMOS compatible, silicon-based microring modulator with monolithically integrated grating couplers. High-speed NRZ modulations of 3 Gb/s and 3-dB coupling bandwidth of ~60 nm are realized.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; integrated optics; optical couplers; silicon; monolithically integrated grating couplers; silicon-based microring modulator; size 0.25 mum; Couplers; Couplings; Gratings; Modulation; Optical fiber couplers; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2010 15th
Conference_Location :
Sapporo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6785-3
