Title :
Silicon Parallel Single Mode 48 × 50 Gb/s Modulator and Photodetector Array
Author :
Streshinsky, Matthew ; Novack, Ari ; Ding, Ran ; Yang Liu ; Lim, Andy Eu-Jin ; Lo, Patrick Guo-Qiang ; Baehr-Jones, Tom ; Hochberg, Michael
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Microelectron., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
We report a silicon nanophotonic parallel single mode transmitter and receiver with an aggregate data rate of 2.4 Tb/s. The transceiver is composed of 48 channels, each operating at 50 Gb/s. Bit error rate versus power measurements demonstrate that each transmitter channel is capable of operating at a BER of 10-9. The receiver is shown to provide open eyes at 50 Gb/s. Furthermore, insertion loss and sensitivity data of the transmitter show uniformity within 3 dB across all 48 channels.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; error statistics; nanophotonics; optical arrays; optical losses; optical modulation; optical transceivers; photodetectors; sensor arrays; silicon; telecommunication channels; BER; Si; bit error rate; bit rate 2.4 Tbit/s; bit rate 50 Gbit/s; data rate; insertion loss; photodetector array; power measurements; silicon nanophotonic parallel single mode receiver; silicon nanophotonic parallel single mode transmitter; silicon parallel single mode modulator; transceiver; transmitter channel; Modulation; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides; Photodetectors; Silicon; Integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2014.2356596
