Title :
Designing high-speed, low-chirp, low-distortion microring modulators
Author :
Sacher, Wesley D. ; Poon, Joyce K S
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
We show that microring modulators with variable coupling strengths can have low distortion, zero chirp, high extinction ratios, and large modulation rates only limited by the coupler or the free spectral range of the resonator.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; micro-optics; optical design techniques; optical distortion; optical modulation; extinction ratio; high-speed microring modulator design; low-chirp modulator; low-distortion modulator; resonator free spectral range; variable coupling strength; Chirp modulation; High speed optical techniques; Integrated optics; Modulation coding; Optical coupling; Optical devices; Optical distortion; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical resonators; (130.3120) Integrated optics devices; (230.4110) Modulators; (230.5750) Resonators;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
