Title :
A 25Gb/s, 520mW, 6.4Vpp Silicon-Photonic Mach-Zehnder Modulator with distributed driver in CMOS
Author :
Nan Qi ; Xianyao Li ; Hao Li ; Xi Xiao ; Lei Wang ; Zhiyong Li ; Zhuo Gao ; Yu Yude ; Moyal, Miki ; Chiang, Patrick
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR, USA
Abstract :
A 25Gb/s heterogeneously-integrated Silicon-Photonic transmitter is designed entirely in CMOS, consisting of a high-swing driver wire-bonded to a MZ modulator. Measurement results demonstrate clean optical eye diagrams with > 4dB extinction ratio while consuming 0.52W.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; driver circuits; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; optical modulation; optical transmitters; silicon; CMOS; Si; bit rate 25 Gbit/s; clean optical eye diagrams; distributed driver; extinction ratio; heterogeneously-integrated silicon-photonic transmitter; power 520 mW; silicon-photonic Mach-Zehnder modulator; voltage 6.4 V; wire-bonded high-swing driver; CMOS integrated circuits; High-speed optical techniques; Optical attenuators; Optical modulation; Optical transmitters; Optical variables measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
