Title :
Silicon photonic interconnect with micrometer-scale devices
Author :
Preston, Kyle ; Chen, Long ; Manipatruni, Sasikanth ; Lipson, Michal
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a high-speed integrated optical link on a silicon chip using low-power silicon microresonator electro-optic modulators and low-capacitance germanium photodetectors. Integrating compact devices to provide multiple functions is essential for building scalable optical interconnects.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; elemental semiconductors; germanium; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; micro-optics; microcavities; micromechanical resonators; optical interconnections; optical resonators; optical waveguides; photodetectors; silicon; Ge-Si; Si; compact device integration; electro-optic modulators; germanium-on-silicon waveguide photodetectors; high-speed integrated optical link; low-capacitance germanium photodetectors; low-power silicon microresonator; micrometer-scale devices; open eye diagrams; optical building blocks; scalable optical interconnects; silicon chip; silicon photonic interconnect; Detectors; Germanium; Optical fiber communication; Optical interconnections; Optical modulation; Optical ring resonators; Optical saturation; Optical waveguides; Photodetectors; Silicon; optical interconnect; optical modulation; photodetectors; silicon photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2009. GFP '09. 6th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4402-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1949-2081
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2009.5338309
