Title :
40-Gb/s BPSK modulation using a silicon modulator
Author :
Qi Li ; Ran Ding ; Yang Liu ; Baehr-Jones, Tom ; Hochberg, Michael ; Bergman, Keren
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate BPSK modulation using a silicon traveling-wave modulator at a data rate of 40 Gb/s with record 10.5 pJ/bit energy efficiency, and compare its performance with a commercial Lithium Niobate phase modulator.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; optical communication equipment; optical modulation; phase shift keying; silicon; BPSK modulation; Si; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; data rate; energy efficiency; silicon traveling-wave modulator; Bit error rate; Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; Lithium niobate; Modulation; Optical fiber cables; Receivers; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Interconnects Conference (OI), 2015 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-8178-6
DOI :
10.1109/OIC.2015.7115720
