Title :
Ultra Small Modulator and Demodulator for Differential Phase-Shift-Keying Data Format Based on Silicon Microring
Author :
Zhang, Lin ; Yang, Jengyuan ; Song, Muping ; Li, Yunchu ; Zhang, Bo ; Beausoleil, Ray G. ; Willner, Alan E.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles
Abstract :
Proposed microring-based modulator and demodulator of DPSK data format can be a thousand times smaller than conventional scheme (Mach-Zehnder modulator + delay interferometer). With optimized Q-factor of 22000, back-to-back power penalty is diminished to 0.8-dB.
Keywords :
amplitude modulation; demodulators; differential phase shift keying; elemental semiconductors; modulators; optical modulation; semiconductor devices; silicon; Si; demodulator; differential phase-shift-keying data format; microring-based modulator; silicon microring; Ambient intelligence; Demodulation; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Filters; Optical ring resonators; Phase modulation; Phase shift keying; Q factor; Resonance; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0925-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382678
