• DocumentCode
    1956273
  • Title

    High-efficiency 25Gb/s CMOS ring modulator with integrated thermal tuning

  • Author

    Li, Guoliang ; Zheng, Xuezhe ; Yao, Jin ; Thacker, Hiren ; Shubin, Ivan ; Luo, Ying ; Raj, Kannan ; Cunningham, John E. ; Krishnamoorthy, Ashok V.

  • Author_Institution
    Oracle Labs., San Diego, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    14-16 Sept. 2011
  • Firstpage
    8
  • Lastpage
    10
  • Abstract
    We report a 25Gb/s ring modulator with integrated thermal tuning fabricated in a 130nm CMOS process. With 2Vpp modulation, the optical eye shows >;6dB extinction ratio. Modulation energy is estimated <;24fJ/bit from circuit modeling.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; integrated circuit modelling; integrated optoelectronics; optical fabrication; optical modulation; CMOS; bit rate 25 Gbit/s; circuit modeling; modulation energy; ring modulator; size 130 nm; thermal tuning; voltage 2 V; CMOS integrated circuits; Optical modulation; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Silicon; Tuning;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2011 8th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    London
  • ISSN
    1949-2081
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8338-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/GROUP4.2011.6053698
  • Filename
    6053698