• DocumentCode
    252872
  • Title

    50-Gb/s silicon Mach-Zehnder interferometer-based optical modulator with only 1.3 Vpp driving voltages

  • Author

    Xiaoguang Tu ; Tsung-Yang Liow ; Junfeng Song ; Xianshu Luo ; Lian-Xi Jia ; Qing Fang ; Mingbin Yu ; Guo-Qiang Lo

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Microelectron., Agency for Sci., Technol. & Res., Singapore, Singapore
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    3-5 Dec. 2014
  • Firstpage
    851
  • Lastpage
    854
  • Abstract
    High-performance silicon optical modulator is demonstrated with up to 50-Gb/s data rate upon 1.3-Vpp. The measured extinction ratios of the optical eye-diagrams are respectively 5.97-dB, 5.13-dB and 4.44-dB at 28-Gb/s, 40-Gb/s and 50-Gb/s data rate.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; electro-optical modulation; elemental semiconductors; extinction coefficients; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; optical communication equipment; silicon; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; Si; bit rate 28 Gbit/s to 50 Gbit/s; extinction ratio; high-performance silicon optical modulator; optical eye-diagrams; voltage 1.3 V; High-speed optical techniques; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical variables measurement; Phase shifters; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electronics Packaging Technology Conference (EPTC), 2014 IEEE 16th
  • Conference_Location
    Singapore
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EPTC.2014.7028387
  • Filename
    7028387
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=252872