Title :
L-shaped resonant microring (LRM) modulator
Author :
Timurdogan, Erman ; Sorace-Agaskar, Cheryl M. ; Watts, Michael R.
Author_Institution :
Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
A high-speed silicon L-shaped resonant microring modulator, enables directly integrated electrical contacts, 5-μm diameter, 5.3-THz free spectral range, is demonstrated error-free operation up to 30-Gb/s with 1.76-dB insertion loss and 2.8-dB power penalty.
Keywords :
electrical contacts; elemental semiconductors; integrated optoelectronics; micro-optomechanical devices; optical communication equipment; optical losses; optical modulation; silicon; LRM modulator; Si; bit rate 30 Gbit/s; directly integrated electrical contacts; error-free operation; free spectral range; frequency 5.3 THz; high-speed silicon L-shaped resonant microring modulator; insertion loss; power penalty; size 5 mum; Bit error rate; Contacts; Doping; Modulation; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Interconnects Conference, 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Santa Fe, NM
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5061-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5062-4
DOI :
10.1109/OIC.2013.6552903
