Ring Resonator Modulators in Silicon for Interchip Photonic Links

Author

Guoliang Li ; Krishnamoorthy, Ashok V. ; Shubin, Ivan ; Jin Yao ; Ying Luo ; Thacker, Hiren ; Xuezhe Zheng ; Raj, Kannan ; Cunningham, John E.

Author_Institution

Oracle Labs., Oracle, San Diego, CA, USA

Volume

19

Issue

6

fYear

2013

fDate

Nov.-Dec. 2013

Firstpage

95

Lastpage

113

Abstract

Silicon photonics is the most promising pathway to achieve >10 Tb/s off-chip I/O bandwidth required by next-generation high-performance computing and switching systems. Ring resonator modulators offer the advantages of small footprint, low power, high efficiency, low loss, high speed, and CMOS compatibility for silicon photonic links. This paper presents an in-depth discussion of practical microring modulators in silicon, covering their performance metrics, design tradeoffs, optimization, p-n junction geometries, complex ring configurations, and tuning solutions. Various demonstrated Si ring modulators are reviewed and potential future developments are briefly discussed.

Keywords

elemental semiconductors; micro-optics; optical communication equipment; optical design techniques; optical links; optical modulation; optical resonators; optical tuning; p-n junctions; silicon; Si; complex ring configurations; interchip photonic links; microring modulators; optical tuning; optimization; p-n junction geometries; ring resonator modulators; silicon photonic links; Adaptive optics; Optical losses; Optical modulation; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Silicon; CMOS; Si photonics; modulators; optical interconnects; ring resonators;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSTQE.2013.2278885

Filename

6615926