• DocumentCode
    2404268
  • Title

    Experimental characterization of the optical-power upper bound in a silicon microring modulator

  • Author

    Li, Qi ; Ophir, Noam ; Xu, Lin ; Padmaraju, Kishore ; Chen, Long ; Lipson, Michal ; Bergman, Keren

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    20-23 May 2012
  • Firstpage
    38
  • Lastpage
    39
  • Abstract
    We characterize the optical-power upper bound of CW light in a microring modulator. Heating due to absorption of light introduces instability which results in power penalty and ultimately limits optical power. The upper limit for a 2.5-μm radius, Q~3000 microring is found to be ~7dBm.
  • Keywords
    electro-optical modulation; light absorption; micro-optics; silicon; continuous wave light; light absorption; optical power upper bound; power penalty; silicon microring modulator; size -2.5 mum; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical interconnections; Optical modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Interconnects Conference, 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Santa Fe, NM
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1620-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OIC.2012.6224458
  • Filename
    6224458
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2404268