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

fYear

2009

fDate

9-11 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Group IV Photonics, 2009. GFP '09. 6th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1949-2081

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4402-1

Electronic_ISBN

1949-2081

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GROUP4.2009.5338309

Filename

5338309