Title :
A lumped michelson interferometric modulator in silicon
Author :
Patel, Dinesh ; Veerasubramanian, Venkat ; Ghosh, Sudip ; Samani, Alireza ; Qiuhang Zhong ; Plant, David V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montréal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We demonstrate the operation of a low VπLπ, lumped, and compact Michelson modulator fabricated in SOI. The modulator operates up to 25 Gbps with measured error free operation up to 12.5 Gbps.
Keywords :
Michelson interferometers; electro-optical modulation; integrated optics; silicon-on-insulator; error free operation; low VπLπ Michelson modulator; lumped Michelson interferometric modulator; silicon; Adaptive optics; Bit error rate; Erbium; Modulation; Optical interferometry; Optical receivers; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA