• DocumentCode
    710478
  • 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
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    20-22 April 2015
  • Firstpage
    130
  • Lastpage
    131
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Interconnects Conference (OI), 2015 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-8178-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OIC.2015.7115720
  • Filename
    7115720