Title :
10 GBd SOH modulator directly driven by an FPGA without electrical amplification
Author :
Wolf, Stefan ; Schindler, Philipp C. ; Ronniger, Gregor ; Lauermann, M. ; Palmer, R. ; Koeber, S. ; Korn, D. ; Bogaerts, W. ; Leuthold, Juerg ; Freude, W. ; Koos, C.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photonics & Quantum Electron. (IPQ), Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol., Karlsruhe, Germany
Abstract :
Using standard single-ended FPGA outputs with 270 mVpp we demonstrate 10GBd OOK and BPSK transmission by directly driving a low-voltage silicon-organic hybrid (SOH) modulator. The scheme does not require electronic driver amplifiers, which paves the way to energy-efficient photonic-electronic integration.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; field programmable gate arrays; optical communication; optical modulation; organic-inorganic hybrid materials; silicon; BPSK transmission; OOK transmission; Si; energy-efficient photonic-electronic integration; low-voltage silicon-organic hybrid modulator; standard single-ended FPGA outputs; voltage 270 mV; Binary phase shift keying; Field programmable gate arrays; Optical modulation; Optical transmitters; Photonics; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6963899
