Title :
Silicon-on-Insulator Modulators Using a Quarter-Wave Phase-Shifted Bragg Grating
Author :
Caverley, Michael ; Xu Wang ; Murray, Kyle ; Jaeger, Nicolas A. F. ; Chrostowski, Lukas
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Abstract :
We demonstrate, on the silicon-on-insulator platform, a modulator that uses a quarter-wave phase-shifted Bragg grating resonator. The modulator has open eye diagrams at data rates of up to 32 Gb/s. A bit error ratio of less than 10-10 is demonstrated using a 231 - 1 pseudorandom binary sequence pattern at a data rate of 25 Gb/s.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; binary sequences; electro-optical modulation; error statistics; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; optical phase shifters; optical resonators; optical retarders; random sequences; silicon-on-insulator; bit error ratio; bit rate 25 Gbit/s; bit rate 32 Gbit/s; data rates; open eye diagrams; pseudorandom binary sequence pattern; quarter-wave phase-shifted Bragg grating resonator; silicon-on-insulator modulators; Bragg gratings; Erbium; Optical resonators; Phase modulation; Silicon; Voltage measurement; Bragg gratings; Silicon photonics; electrooptic modulators; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2015.2462759
