• DocumentCode
    2241042
  • Title

    DPSK modulation using a microring modulator

  • Author

    Padmaraju, Kishore ; Ophir, Noam ; Manipatruni, Sasikanth ; Poitras, Carl B. ; Lipson, Michal ; Bergman, Keren

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present the first experimental demonstration of DPSK modulation using a microring modulator. A 250-Mb/s electro-optic silicon microring modulator is shown with a measured 2-dB power penalty in comparison to a commercial LiNbO3 phase modulator.
  • Keywords
    differential phase shift keying; electro-optical modulation; lithium compounds; phase modulation; silicon; LiNbO3; bit rate 250 Mbit/s; differential phase shift keying modulation; electro-optic silicon microring modulator; phase modulator; power penalty; Bit error rate; Differential phase shift keying; Electrooptic modulators; Lithium niobate; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950652