Title :
A 33mW 100Gbps CMOS silicon photonic WDM transmitter using off-chip laser sources
Author :
Xuezhe Zheng ; Chang, En-Jui ; Shubin, Ivan ; Guoliang Li ; Ying Luo ; Jin Yao ; Thacker, Hiren ; Jin-Hyoung Lee ; Lexau, J. ; Liu, Frank ; Amberg, P. ; Raj, Kannan ; Ho, Ron ; Cunningham, John E. ; Krishnamoorthy, Ashok V.
Author_Institution :
Oracle Labs., Oracle, San Diego, CA, USA
Abstract :
We report an ultra-low power 100Gbps silicon photonic WDM transmitter tunable with off-chip laser sources. The hybrid CMOS transmitter consists of eight 12.6Gbps WDM channels and consumes a total on-chip power of 33mW.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; elemental semiconductors; integrated optoelectronics; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; silicon; wavelength division multiplexing; CMOS silicon photonic WDM transmitter; Si; WDM channels; bit rate 100 Gbit/s; hybrid CMOS transmitter; off-chip laser sources; power 33 mW; ultralow power WDM transmitter; CMOS integrated circuits; Modulation; Optical transmitters; Silicon photonics; Tuning; Wavelength division multiplexing;
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
