Title :
Thermally stable 50 Gb/s SOI DPSK demodulator
Author :
Hai, Mohammed Shafiqul ; Liboiron-Ladouceur, Odile
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
A fabricated 50 Gb/s silicon-on-insulator (SOI) Mach-Zehnder demodulator exhibits over 90 % improvement in thermal stability with 0.05 nm/°C of its spectral profile compared to 0.9 nm/°C for a non-compensated demodulators.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; demodulators; differential phase shift keying; integrated optoelectronics; optical fabrication; silicon-on-insulator; Mach-Zehnder demodulator; SOI DPSK demodulator; bit rate 50 Gbit/s; silicon-on-insulator; spectral profile; thermal stability; Demodulation; Differential phase shift keying; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Thermal stability;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110565
