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 :
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