Enhanced Performance and Flexibility in Silicon Modulators Based on a Coupled-Ring-Resonator Structure

Author

Yunchu Li ; Lin Zhang ; Muping Song ; Yang Yue ; Beausoleil, Raymond G. ; Willner, Alan E.

Author_Institution

Dept of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

fYear

2008

fDate

24-28 Feb. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

We propose a high-speed (up to 30 Gb/s) silicon-based coupled-ring modulator that requires small resonance shift and achieves high extinction ratio compared with conventional single ring modulator. Optimized chirp enables reach extension at 1 dB power penalty from 6 to 22 km for 20 Gb/s NRZ data transmission.

Keywords

electro-optical modulation; integrated optoelectronics; optical communication equipment; optical couplers; silicon; NRZ data transmission; Si; bit rate 20 Gbit/s; conventional single ring modulator; coupled-ring-resonator structure; distance 6 km to 22 km; electro-optic modulators; high extinction ratio; optimized chirp; resonance shift; silicon-based coupled-ring modulator performance; single-mode fiber transmission; size 6 km to 22 km; Bandwidth; Chirp modulation; Extinction ratio; Optical coupling; Optical modulation; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Pulse modulation; Resonance; Silicon;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-856-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2008.4528064

Filename

4528064