Title :
Integrated thermal stabilization of a microring modulator
Author :
Padmaraju, Kishore ; Logan, Dylan F. ; Xiaoliang Zhu ; Ackert, Jason J. ; Knights, Andrew P. ; Bergman, Keren
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
An integrated silicon photodiode and heater are used to thermally stabilize a microring modulator, interfacing with external feedback circuitry to provide error-free microring modulator operation under thermal fluctuations that would normally render it inoperable.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; feedback; fluctuations; modulators; photodiodes; silicon; stability; error-free microring modulator operation; feedback circuitry; integrated photodiode; integrated thermal stabilization; thermal fluctuations; thermal microring modulator stabilization; Fluctuations; Heating; Modulation; Optical waveguides; Photodiodes; Silicon; Thermal stability;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0
