• DocumentCode
    515466
  • Title

    Power penalty measurement and frequency chirp extraction in silicon microdisk resonator modulators

  • Author

    Zortman, William A. ; Lentine, Anthony L. ; Watts, Michael R. ; Trotter, Douglas C.

  • Author_Institution
    Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    21-25 March 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate 5 Gbs and 10 Gbs error free operation of silicon photonic microdisk resonant modulators to a distance of 70 km, measure dispersion power penalties and compare the experimental results with theoretically derived values.
  • Keywords
    chirp modulation; electro-optical modulation; micro-optics; micromechanical resonators; modulators; frequency chirp extraction; power penalty measurement; silicon microdisk resonator modulators; Chirp modulation; Frequency measurement; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical resonators; Power measurement; Silicon; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-884-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5465175