Title :
2-pJ/bit (On-Chip) 10-Gb/s Digital CMOS Silicon Photonic Link
Author :
Zheng, Xuezhe ; Luo, Ying ; Lexau, Jon ; Liu, Frankie ; Li, Guoliang ; Thacker, Hiren D. ; Shubin, Ivan ; Yao, Jin ; Ho, Ron ; Cunningham, John E. ; Krishnamoorthy, Ashok V.
Author_Institution :
Oracle Labs., San Diego, CA, USA
fDate :
7/15/2012 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We report on a 10-Gb/s digital-to-digital CMOS silicon photonic link with a 2.1-pJ/bit on-chip energy efficiency, using a photon energy of 1.4-pJ/bit and 680-fJ/bit transceivers that integrate 130-nm SOI CMOS photonic devices with 40-nm bulk CMOS circuits.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; optical interconnections; optical transceivers; silicon; SOI; Si; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; digital CMOS silicon photonic link; on-chip energy efficiency; transceivers; Modulation; Optical fiber communication; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Photonics; Silicon; Optical communications; optical interconnects; optoelectronics; silicon photonics;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2012.2200885
