Title :
An alignment tolerant high speed ring resonator based silicon optical modulator
Author :
Thomson, D.J. ; Gardes, F.Y. ; Cox, D.C. ; Fedeli, J. ; Mashanovich, G.Z. ; Reed, G.T.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
Optical modulation up to 40Gbit/s from a silicon ring resonator based device is demonstrated. A self-aligned process is used to form the pn junction reducing performance variations. The power consumption of the device is 8fJ/bit.
Keywords :
integrated optics; optical modulation; optical resonators; p-n junctions; power consumption; silicon-on-insulator; Si; alignment tolerant high speed ring resonator; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; optical modulation; pn junction; power consumption; self-aligned process; silicon optical modulator; Adaptive optics; High speed optical techniques; Optical attenuators; Optical modulation; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2012 IEEE 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0826-8
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2012.6324132
