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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
