Title :
High-speed silicon microring modulator with a 1 V drive voltage
Author :
Dong, Po ; Liao, Shirong ; Qian, Wei ; Liang, Hong ; Shafiiha, Roshanak ; Wang, Xing ; Feng, Ning-Ning ; Feng, Dazeng ; Li, Guoliang ; Zheng, Xuezhe ; Krishnamoorthy, Ashok V. ; Asghari, Mehdi
Author_Institution :
Kotura Inc., Monterey Park, CA, USA
Abstract :
We present a silicon microring modulator with a 1 V drive voltage to achieve a 6.8 dB modulation depth at 10 Gbps. This drive voltage enables the modulator to be directly driven by CMOS electronics.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; integrated optoelectronics; optical modulation; silicon; CMOS electronics; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; drive voltage; high speed silicon microring modulator; voltage 1 V; Electrooptic modulators; Junctions; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Voltage measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2010 7th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6344-2
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2010.5643378
