Title :
Monitoring optical modulation amplitude using a low-power CMOS circuit for thermal control of Si ring transmitters
Author :
Agarwal, Sankalp ; Ingels, M. ; Rakowski, M. ; Pantouvaki, M. ; Steyaert, M. ; Absil, P. ; Van Campenhout, J.
Author_Institution :
IMEC, Leuven, Belgium
Abstract :
We propose a novel low-power CMOS circuit to monitor the optical modulation amplitude of a Si ring modulator, and successfully demonstrate its operation in a wire-bond integrated CMOS Si photonic ring transmitter.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; elemental semiconductors; integrated optoelectronics; lead bonding; low-power electronics; optical modulation; optical transmitters; silicon; telecommunication control; temperature control; Si; low-power CMOS circuit; optical modulation amplitude monitoring; thermal control; wire-bond integrated CMOS silicon photonic ring transmitter; CMOS integrated circuits; Heating; Modulation; Monitoring; Optical transmitters; Silicon; Temperature sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964153
