Title :
Ultra-compact 320 Gb/s and 160 Gb/s WDM transmitters based on silicon microrings
Author :
Yang Liu ; Ran Ding ; Qi Li ; Zhe Xuan ; Yunchu Li ; Yisu Yang ; Lim, Andy Eu-Jin ; Lo, Patrick Guo-Qiang ; Bergman, Keren ; Baehr-Jones, Tom ; Hochberg, Michael
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrated 320Gb/s 8-channel and 160Gb/s 4-channel WDM transmitter using silicon microrings based on conventional common-bus architecture and a new “Mod-MUX” architecture respectively. We discuss and compare the two designs and highlight their complementary merits.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; multiplexing equipment; optical transmitters; silicon; wavelength division multiplexing; Mod-MUX architecture; bit rate 160 Gbit/s; bit rate 320 Gbit/s; common-bus architecture; silicon microrings; ultra-compact WDM transmitters; Modulation; Optical filters; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides; Ring lasers; Tuning; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.Th4G.6
