• DocumentCode
    2157943
  • Title

    Monolithic silicon chip with 10 modulator channels at 25 Gbps and 100-GHz spacing

  • Author

    Chen, Long ; Doerr, Christopher R. ; Dong, Po ; Chen, Young-Kai

  • Author_Institution
    Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    18-22 Sept. 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a chip containing ten low-chirp silicon modulators, each operating at 25 Gbps, multiplexed by a SiN arrayed-waveguide grating with 100-GHz spacing, showing the potential for 250 Gbps aggregated capacity on a 5×8 mm2 footprint.
  • Keywords
    millimetre wave integrated circuits; modulators; monolithic integrated circuits; silicon compounds; SiN; arrayed-waveguide grating; bit rate 25 Gbit/s; bit rate 250 Gbit/s; frequency 100 GHz; low-chirp silicon modulators; modulator channels; monolithic silicon chip; Bandwidth; Optical device fabrication; Optical modulation; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Silicon compounds;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
  • Conference_Location
    Geneva
  • ISSN
    Pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1918-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6065924