• DocumentCode
    1595639
  • 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
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • ISSN
    pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0213-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5875779