Title :
High density optical interconnects fully integrated on a silicon substrate
Author :
Urino, Yutaka ; Nakamura, Takahiro ; Arakawa, Yasuhiko
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Photonics-Electron. Convergence Syst. Technol. (PECST), Tsukuba, Japan
Abstract :
Optical interconnects integrated with laser diodes, silicon optical modulators and germanium photodetectors on a single silicon substrate were demonstrated. A 5-Gbps line bit rate and 3.5-Tbps/cm2 transmission density were achieved.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; germanium; optical interconnections; optical modulation; photodetectors; semiconductor lasers; silicon; Ge; Si; bit rate 5 Gbit/s; germanium photodetectors; high density optical interconnects; laser diodes; silicon optical modulators; single silicon substrate; transmission density; Optical device fabrication; Optical interconnections; Optical modulation; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Substrates;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2012 17th
Conference_Location :
Busan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0976-9
Electronic_ISBN :
2166-8884
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2012.6276466
