Title :
Power penalty measurement and frequency chirp extraction in silicon microdisk resonator modulators
Author :
Zortman, William A. ; Lentine, Anthony L. ; Watts, Michael R. ; Trotter, Douglas C.
Author_Institution :
Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate 5 Gbs and 10 Gbs error free operation of silicon photonic microdisk resonant modulators to a distance of 70 km, measure dispersion power penalties and compare the experimental results with theoretically derived values.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; electro-optical modulation; micro-optics; micromechanical resonators; modulators; frequency chirp extraction; power penalty measurement; silicon microdisk resonator modulators; Chirp modulation; Frequency measurement; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical resonators; Power measurement; Silicon; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
