Title :
Low-power MOS-capacitor based silicon photonic modulators and CMOS drivers
Author :
Webster, M. ; Lakshmikumar, K. ; Appel, C. ; Muzio, C. ; Dama, B. ; Shastri, K.
Author_Institution :
Cisco Syst., Inc., Allentown, PA, USA
Abstract :
We present efficient MOS-capacitor based silicon photonic modulators driven by low-power CMOS inverter based driver ICs. Operating under the lumped-element approximation, modulation formats of NRZ, PAM, and QAM are demonstrated.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; MOS capacitors; electro-optical modulation; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; invertors; optical communication equipment; pulse amplitude modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation; silicon; CMOS drivers; NRZ; PAM; QAM; Si; driver IC; low-power CMOS inverter; low-power MOS-capacitor based silicon photonic modulators; lumped-element approximation; nonreturn-to-zero modulation format; pulse amplitude modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation; CMOS integrated circuits; Decision support systems; Electronic mail; Modulation; Optical devices; Optimized production technology; Silicon photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
