Title :
10-Gb/s WDM optically-connected memory system using silicon microring modulators
Author :
Brunina, Daniel ; Xiaoliang Zhu ; Padmaraju, Kishore ; Long Chen ; Lipson, Michal ; Bergman, Keren
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
We report on the first silicon photonic modulator-based optically-connected memory system. An FPGA-based processor generates a 4×2.5-Gb/s WDM memory link via an array of silicon microring modulators, achieving error-free (BERs<;10-12) performance using several standard line coding schemes.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; field programmable gate arrays; integrated optoelectronics; optical links; optical modulation; optical storage; silicon; wavelength division multiplexing; FPGA-based processor; Si; WDM memory link; WDM optically-connected memory system; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; silicon microring modulators; silicon photonic modulator; standard line coding schemes; Field programmable gate arrays; Optical fiber communication; Optical modulation; Photonics; Silicon; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
