• DocumentCode
    1660136
  • Title

    A 1550 nm, 10 Gbps optical modulator with integrated driver in 130 nm CMOS

  • Author

    Pinguet, Thierry ; Sadagopan, Vikram ; Mekis, Attila ; Analui, Behnam ; Kucharski, Daniel ; Gloeckner, Steffen

  • Author_Institution
    Luxtera, Inc., Carlsbad, CA
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We present the world´s first optical transmitter monolithically integrated in a CMOS process, achieving 10 Gb/s data modulation rate at 1550 nm with an extinction ratio greater than 6 dB.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; optical modulation; optical transmitters; CMOS; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; extinction ratio; integrated driver; optical modulator; optical transmitter; size 130 nm; wavelength 1550 nm; CMOS process; Driver circuits; Extinction ratio; High speed optical techniques; Insertion loss; Integrated optics; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Group IV Photonics, 2007 4th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Tokyo
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0934-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/GROUP4.2007.4347710
  • Filename
    4347710