Title :
28 Gb/s silicon microring modulation beyond the linewidth Limit by coupling modulation
Author :
Sacher, Wesley D. ; Green, William M. J. ; Assefa, Solomon ; Barwicz, Tymon ; Pan, H. ; Shank, Steven M. ; Vlasov, Yurii A. ; Poon, Joyce K. S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
A silicon-on-insulator microring modulator with a linewidth of ~ 7 GHz is operated at 28Gb/s by modulation of the microring-bus waveguide coupler. The modulator was driven with pre-emphasized signals with a maximum swing of 1.5Vpp.
Keywords :
integrated optics; micro-optics; optical communication equipment; optical couplers; optical modulation; optical waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; Si; bit rate 28 Gbit/s; coupling modulation; microring bus waveguide coupler; silicon microring modulation; silicon-on-insulator microring modulator; Bandwidth; Couplings; Optical coupling; Optical modulation; Optical resonators; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
