Title :
Integrated CMOS compatible low power 10Gbps silicon photonic heater-modulator
Author :
Zortman, William A. ; Lentine, Anthony L. ; Trotter, Douglas C. ; Watts, Michael R.
Author_Institution :
Appl. Photonic Microsyst., Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
We quantify bit-error performance of a heater-modulator that uses CMOS compatible heater and modulator voltages, occupies 50μm2, is compatible with differential signaling and shows consistent extinction ratio under tuning while consuming only 7μW /GHz.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; integrated optoelectronics; optical communication equipment; optical modulation; silicon; thermo-optical devices; CMOS compatible heater; Si; bit error performance; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; differential signaling; integrated CMOS compatible photonic heater-modulator; low power silicon photonic heater-modulator; CMOS integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Heating; Modulation; Photonics; Silicon; Tuning;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
