Title :
First demonstration of error-free operation of a full silicon on-chip photonic link
Author :
Ophir, Noam ; Padmaraju, Kishore ; Biberman, Aleksandr ; Chen, Long ; Preston, Kyle ; Lipson, Michal ; Bergman, Keren
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
We report first 3-Gb/s data measurements for a photonic link including a microring modulator connected optically by a waveguide to a Germanium detector. Error-free operation is achieved with a 2-dB electrical power penalty.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; elemental semiconductors; germanium; integrated optics; modulators; network-on-chip; optical links; optical waveguides; photodetectors; silicon; Ge; Germanium detector; Si; bit rate 3 Gbit/s; data measurement; electrical power penalty; error-free operation; full silicon on-chip photonic link; microring modulator; optical waveguide; Bit error rate; Optical modulation; Optical waveguides; Photodetectors; Photonics; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
