• DocumentCode
    180485
  • Title

    Silicon Photonic Modulator Based on a MOS-Capacitor and a CMOS Driver

  • Author

    Webster, Mark ; Appel, C. ; Gothoskar, P. ; Sunder, Sanjay ; Dama, Bipin ; Shastri, Kalpendu

  • Author_Institution
    Cisco Syst., Inc., Allentown, PA, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    19-22 Oct. 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    We describe a silicon photonic optical modulator based on a MOS-capacitor and a low power 1V CMOS inverter-based driver IC. In an MZI configuration, this efficient modulator and driver IC combination can produce a 9dB extinction ratio at 28 Gbps, at a wavelength of 1310nm.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; MOS capacitors; driver circuits; elemental semiconductors; invertors; low-power electronics; optical modulation; silicon; CMOS driver; MOS capacitor; MZI configuration; Si; bit rate 28 Gbit/s; low power CMOS inverter; silicon photonic optical modulator; voltage 1 V; wavelength 1310 nm; CMOS integrated circuits; Integrated optics; Inverters; Optical attenuators; Optical device fabrication; Optical modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium (CSICs), 2014 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    La Jolla, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CSICS.2014.6978577
  • Filename
    6978577
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=180485