Title :
100 Gbit/s electro-optic modulator and 56 Gbit/s wavelength converter for DQPSK data in silicon-organic hybrid (SOH) technology
Author :
Freude, W. ; Leuthold, J. ; Alloatti, L. ; Vallaitis, T. ; Korn, D. ; Palmer, R. ; Koos, C. ; Brosi, J.M. ; Dumon, P. ; Baets, R. ; Scimeca, M.L. ; Biaggio, I. ; Breiten, B. ; Diederich, F. ; Barklund, A. ; Dinu, R. ; Wieland, J.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photonics & Quantum Electron. (IPQ), Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol. (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
Abstract :
CMOS-compatible silicon photonics combined with covers of χ(2) or χ(3)-nonlinear organic material allows electro-optic modulators and all-optical wavelength converters for data rates of 100 Gbit/s and beyond. The devices are not impaired by free carriers.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; electro-optical modulation; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; optical communication equipment; optical materials; optical wavelength conversion; organic-inorganic hybrid materials; quadrature phase shift keying; silicon; CMOS compatible silicon photonics; DQPSK data; Si-JkJk; bit rate 100 Gbit/s; bit rate 56 Gbit/s; electro-optic modulator; free carrier; nonlinear organic material; silicon-organic hybrid technology; wavelength converter; Electrooptic modulators; Electrooptical waveguides; Phase modulation; Photonics; Silicon; four-wave mixing; modulator; silicon photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Playa del Carmen
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3730-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3731-3
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2010.5553664
