• DocumentCode
    1792403
  • Title

    40-Gb/s silicon modulators for mid-reach applications at 1550 nm

  • Author

    Yang Liu ; Ran Ding ; Qi Li ; Yangjin Ma ; Yisu Yang ; Lim, Andy Eu-Jin ; Guo-Qiang Lo ; Bergman, Keren ; Baehr-Jones, Tom ; Hochberg, Michael

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    4-7 May 2014
  • Firstpage
    19
  • Lastpage
    20
  • Abstract
    We characterize fiber transmissions of silicon Mach-Zehnder and ring modulators at 1550 nm and show that 2-km reach in standard SMF is achieved with minimal power penalty at 40 Gb/s.
  • Keywords
    infrared spectra; light transmission; optical communication equipment; optical design techniques; optical fibre communication; optical fibre testing; optical modulation; silicon; Si; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; distance 2 km; fiber transmission characterization; midinfrared spectra; silicon Mach-Zehnder modulators; silicon ring modulators; single-mode fiber; wavelength 1550 nm; Electrooptic modulators; Electrooptical waveguides; Optical fibers; Radio frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Interconnects Conference, 2014 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-2467-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OIC.2014.6886058
  • Filename
    6886058