Title :
Silicon Microring-Resonator-Based Modulation and Demodulation of DQPSK Signals
Author :
Lin Zhang ; Jeng-Yuan Yang ; Li, Yuhua ; Beausoleil, Raymond G. ; Willner, Alan E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We propose ultra-small DQPSK modulators and demodulators based on silicon microring-resonators at 20 Gb/s, which may require chip size of only tens of μm2 . BER of <;10-9; is achieved in back-to-back case.
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; elemental semiconductors; micro-optomechanical devices; optical communication equipment; optical resonators; silicon; DQPSK signal modulation; Si; bit rate 20 Gbit/s; signal demodulation; silicon microring-resonator; Band pass filters; Charge carrier density; Demodulation; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Frequency; Optical modulation; Optical ring resonators; Phase shifting interferometry; Resonance; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528732
