Microring-Based Fully Integrated Silicon DQPSK Receiver

Author

Velha, Philippe ; Faralli, Stefano ; Contestabile, Giampiero

Author_Institution

Scuola Superiore Sant´Anna, Pisa, Italy

Volume

27

Issue

15

fYear

2015

fDate

Aug.1, 1 2015

Firstpage

1605

Lastpage

1608

Abstract

An ultra compact integrated silicon receiver for differential quadrature phase shift keying signals based on two tunable silicon-on-insulator microring resonators and four integrated germanium photodetectors is demonstrated. The device is experimentally characterized and the receiver operation is reported for signals ranging from 10 to 20 GBd.

Keywords

elemental semiconductors; germanium; integrated optics; micro-optics; microcavities; optical receivers; optical resonators; photodetectors; quadrature phase shift keying; silicon-on-insulator; Ge; Si; differential quadrature phase shift keying signals; fully integrated silicon DQPSK receiver; germanium photodetectors; receiver operation; tunable silicon-on-insulator microring resonators; ultra compact integrated silicon receiver; Bit error rate; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Photodetectors; Receivers; Silicon; Differential Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (DQPSK); Germanium photodetectors; Silicon Photonics; Silicon photonics; differential quadrature phase shift keying (DQPSK); germanium photodetectors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2015.2432126

Filename

7109146