Title :
A monolithic 56 Gb/s CMOS integrated nanophotonic PAM-4 transmitter
Author :
Chi Xiong ; Gill, Douglas ; Proesel, Jonathan ; Orcutt, Jason ; Haensch, Wilfried ; Green, William M. J.
Author_Institution :
IBM T. J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
Abstract :
We report a demonstration of four-level pulse amplitude modulation (PAM-4) using a segmented traveling-wave silicon photonic Mach-Zehnder modulator with monolithically integrated CMOS drivers. The PAM-4 transmitter shows clear eye openings up to 28 Gbaud.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; elemental semiconductors; integrated optoelectronics; monolithic integrated circuits; nanophotonics; optical modulation; optical transmitters; pulse amplitude modulation; silicon; Si; bit rate 56 Gbit/s; four-level pulse amplitude modulation; monolithic CMOS integrated nanophotonic PAM-4 transmitter; monolithically integrated CMOS drivers; segmented traveling-wave silicon photonic Mach-Zehnder modulator; CMOS integrated circuits; Junctions; Modulation; Optical interconnections; Optical polarization; Optical transmitters; Silicon photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Interconnects Conference (OI), 2015 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-8178-6
DOI :
10.1109/OIC.2015.7115665
