Title :
1-Vpp 10-Gb/s operation of slow-light silicon Mach-Zehnder modulator in wavelength range of 1 nm
Author :
Akiyama, S. ; Kurahashi, T. ; Baba, T. ; Hatori, N. ; Usuki, T. ; Yamamoto, T.
Author_Institution :
Fujitsu Labs. Ltd., Atsugi, Japan
Abstract :
We developed a slow-light silicon Mach-Zehnder modulator utilizing cascaded ring resonators. It operates at 10 Gb/s with driving voltage of 1 Vpp in a wavelength range of 1 nm without adjustment for the resonant wavelengths.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; optical modulation; optical resonators; silicon; slow light; Mach-Zehnder modulator; Si; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; cascaded ring resonators; low-voltage operation; resonant wavelengths; slow-light silicon modulator; wide-wavelength band operation; Bandwidth; Modulation; Optical resonators; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Wavelength 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/GROUP4.2010.5643433