Title :
Silicon-microring-based modulation of 120 Gbps DPSK signal
Author :
Yunchu Li ; Dapkus, P.D.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
A coupling-switching-based microring modulator capable of 120 Gb/s NRZ-DPSK signal generation with 4 V voltage is proposed, in which the tolerance to active element propagation loss is released from <;9 to >30 dB/cm.
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; light propagation; micro-optics; optical communication equipment; optical losses; optical modulation; optical switches; silicon; DPSK signal modulation; NRZ-DPSK signal generation; Si; active element propagation loss tolerance; bit rate 120 Gbit/s; coupling-switching-based microring modulator; nonreturn-to-zero differential-phase-shift-keying; silicon microring; Cavity resonators; Couplings; Differential phase shift keying; Optical filters; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
