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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Interconnects Conference, 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Santa Fe, NM
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1620-1
DOI :
10.1109/OIC.2012.6224458
