• DocumentCode
    733936
  • Title

    A 41 GHz slow-wave series push-pull silicon photonic modulator

  • Author

    Patel, David ; Veerasubramanian, Venkat ; Samani, Alireza ; Ghosh, Samir ; Chagnon, Mathieu ; Osman, Mohamed ; Plant, David V.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present a silicon modulator with a measured E-O bandwidth of 41 GHz at -4 V bias. Open eye diagrams are visible up to 60 Gbps. With DSP, 112 Gbps PAM-4 transmission below FEC threshold is demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    electro-optical modulation; elemental semiconductors; forward error correction; optical communication equipment; optical information processing; pulse amplitude modulation; silicon; DSP; E-O bandwidth; FEC threshold; PAM-4 transmission; Si; bandwidth 41 GHz; bit rate 112 Gbit/s; electro-optic bandwidth; open eye diagrams; slow-wave series push-pull silicon photonic modulator; voltage -4 V; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Bit rate; Forward error correction; Modulation; Optical device fabrication; Optical interferometry;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7184379
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=733936