Title :
Ultralow power silicon microdisk modulators and switches
Author :
Watts, Michael R. ; Trotter, Douglas C. ; Young, Ralph W. ; Lentine, Anthony L.
Author_Institution :
Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM
Abstract :
We demonstrate a 4 mum silicon microdisk modulator with a power consumption of 85 fJ/bit. The modulator utilizes a reverse-biased, vertical p-n junction to achieve 10 Gb/s data transmission with 3.5 V drive voltage, BER<10-12, and without signal pre-emphasis. High-speed silicon bandpass switches are constructed from pairs of modulators.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; electro-optical switches; elemental semiconductors; optical communication equipment; silicon; Si; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; data transmission; switches; ultralow power silicon microdisk modulators; vertical p-n junction; Bit error rate; Energy consumption; Frequency; High speed optical techniques; Optical modulation; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; P-n junctions; Silicon; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2008 5th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cardiff
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1769-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1768-1
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2008.4638077
