Title :
Ring resonator induced data timing skew in on-chip WDM optical interconnects
Author :
Li, Yunchu ; Zhang, Lin ; Beausoleil, Raymond G. ; Willner, Alan E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Abstract :
Device induced data timing skew in optical interconnects is investigated. Up to 28 ps timing skew is induced by ring-resonator cavity Q variation in 10 Gb/s NRZ on-chip scenario, which may lead to 6 dB signal eye opening penalty.
Keywords :
cavity resonators; integrated optoelectronics; micro-optomechanical devices; micromechanical resonators; optical interconnections; optical resonators; wavelength division multiplexing; NRZ on-chip WDM optical interconnects; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; cavity Q variation; data timing skew; microring resonator; signal eye opening penalty; Delay; Optical filters; Optical interconnections; Optical modulation; Optical ring resonators; Resonator filters; Sampling methods; Switches; Timing; Wavelength division multiplexing; (130.6622) Integrated Optics; (200.4650) Optical interconnects;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
