Title :
Silicon modulator with low voltage differential signaling
Author :
Zortman, William A. ; Lentine, Anthony L. ; Trotter, Douglas C. ; Watts, Michael R.
Author_Institution :
Sandia Nat. Labs., Appl. Photonic Microsyst., Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
For exascale computing, optical interconnects will need to operate using low voltage and low power. Here, a differentially signaled silicon resonant modulator is demonstrated with 7dB extinction using 3.2fJ/bit and 500mV signal amplitude at 10Gbps.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; integrated optics; optical interconnections; silicon; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; exascale computing; low voltage differential signaling; optical interconnects; silicon resonant modulator; voltage 500 mV; Bit error rate; CMOS integrated circuits; Couplings; Low voltage; Modulation; SONET; Silicon; interconnect; modulator; silicon photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110660
