Title :
Adiabatic microring modulators
Author :
Biberman, A. ; Timurdogan, Erman ; Watts, Michael R. ; Zortman, W.A. ; Trotter, Douglas C.
Author_Institution :
Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
In this work, we demonstrate and experimentally characterize adiabatic microring modulators, the smallest (4-μm-diameter) microring modulators shown to date, yielding 6.92-THz uncorrupted free spectral ranges. We demonstrate and quantify operation up to 12.5-Gb/s data rates.
Keywords :
integrated optoelectronics; micro-optics; adiabatic modulators; frequency 6.92 THz; microring modulators; size 4 mum; uncorrupted free spectral ranges; High-speed optical techniques; Optical attenuators; Optical modulation; Optical resonators; Silicon photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0
