• DocumentCode
    688930
  • Title

    Linearized silicon modulator

  • Author

    Cardenas, Jamie ; Morton, Paul A. ; Khurgin, Jacob B. ; Griffith, Austin ; Poitras, Carl B. ; Lipson, Michal

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a linearized ring assisted Mach-Zehnder interferometer (L-RAMZI) modulator in a miniature silicon device. We measure a high degree of linearization, with a Spurious Free Dynamic Range (SFDR) of 105 dB/Hz2/3 at 1GHz.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; electro-optical modulation; integrated optics; L-RAMZI; SFDR; Si; Spurious Free Dynamic Range; degree of linearization; frequency 1 GHz; linearized ring assisted Mach-Zehnder interferometer modulator; linearized silicon; miniature silicon device; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; Noise; Phase modulation; Photonics; Radio frequency; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833309