• DocumentCode
    1793800
  • Title

    Engineering silicon photonics solutions for Metro DWDM

  • Author

    Nielsen, T.N. ; Doerr, C. ; Chen, Luo-nan ; Vermeulen, D. ; Azemati, S. ; McBrien, G. ; Mikkelsen, B. ; Rasmussen, C. ; Nadarajah, N.

  • Author_Institution
    Acacia Commun., Hazlet, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    9-13 March 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We discuss opportunities that silicon photonics offers for metro and regional reach dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) transceivers operating at 100G and beyond. In particular, we describe the unique advantages provided by silicon photonics for transceivers based on coherent detection.
  • Keywords
    integrated optoelectronics; optical transceivers; silicon; wavelength division multiplexing; coherent detection; dense wavelength division multiplexing transceivers; metro DWDM; silicon photonics solutions; Couplers; Modulation; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides; Optics; Silicon photonics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-5575-2994-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1364/OFC.2014.Th3J.1
  • Filename
    6886807