DocumentCode
515476
Title
Ultralow-power high-performance Si photonic transmitter
Author
Li, Guoliang ; Zheng, Xuezhe ; Lexau, Jon ; Luo, Ying ; Thacker, Hiren ; Dong, Po ; Liao, Shirong ; Feng, Dazeng ; Zheng, Dawei ; Shafiiha, Roshanak ; Asghari, Mehdi ; Yao, Jin ; Shi, Jing ; Amberg, Philip ; Pinckney, Nathaniel ; Raj, Kannan ; Ho, Ron ; C
Author_Institution
Sun Microsyst. Phys. Sci. Center, San Diego, CA, USA
fYear
2010
fDate
21-25 March 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We report a 320 fJ/bit transmitter made of a Si microring modulator flip-chip bonded to a CMOS driver. The transmitter consumes only 1.6 mW power, and exhibits a wide open eye with extinction ratio >7 dB at 5 Gb/s.
Keywords
CMOS integrated circuits; driver circuits; elemental semiconductors; integrated circuit bonding; integrated optics; modulators; optical transmitters; silicon; CMOS driver; Si; Ultralow-Power High-Performance Photonic Transmitter; microring modulator flip-chip; power 1.6 mW; Capacitance; Energy consumption; Extinction ratio; High speed optical techniques; Optical modulation; Optical resonators; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides; Phase modulation; Voltage;
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
5465185
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