Title :
Coupling-modulated microrings for DPSK modulation
Author :
Sacher, Wesley D. ; Green, William M. J. ; Assefa, Solomon ; Gill, Douglas M. ; Barwicz, Tymon ; Khater, M. ; Kiewra, Edward ; Reinholm, Carol ; Shank, Steven M. ; Vlasov, Yurii A. ; Poon, Joyce K. S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
A coupling-modulated microring in an add-drop configuration for DPSK that uses the π phase-flip in a 2×2 Mach-Zehnder interferometer coupler for the modulation is proposed. The concept is demonstrated in silicon-on-insulator at 10 Gb/s.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; differential phase shift keying; integrated optoelectronics; micro-optics; optical communication equipment; optical couplers; optical modulation; silicon-on-insulator; π phase-flip; DPSK modulation; Mach-Zehnder interferometer coupler; Si; add-drop configuration; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; coupling-modulated microring; silicon-on-insulator; Couplings; Differential phase shift keying; Optical modulation; Ports (Computers); Silicon; Tuners;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
