Hybrid Silicon Devices for Energy-Efficient Optical Transmitters

Author

SRINIVASAN, SUDARSHAN ; Tang, Yuchen ; Read, G. ; Hossain, Nadir ; Liang, D. ; Sweeney, S.J. ; Bowers, John E.

Volume

33

Issue

1

fYear

2013

fDate

Jan.-Feb. 2013

Firstpage

22

Lastpage

31

Abstract

Decreasing energy limits for data transport have resulted in efforts to reduce energy consumption in optical interconnects. The authors introduce three possible integration techniques for realizing a hybrid silicon transmitter on a single chip with distributed feedback (DFB) lasers and electro-absorption modulators. They review the current bottlenecks and techniques for further reducing threshold current and increasing the wall-plug efficiency of these lasers.

Keywords

distributed feedback lasers; integrated optics; optical transmitters; data transport; distributed feedback laser; electro-absorption modulator; energy efficient optical transmitter; hybrid silicon device; hybrid silicon transmitter; integration techniques; optical interconnect; Distributed feedback devices; Energy consumption; Feedback; Modulation; Optical interconnections; Optical transmitters; Quantum well lasers; Silicon; Threshold current; distributed feedback devices; interconnections; optical interconnects; optical transmitters; quantum well lasers; silicon devices; waveguide modulators;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Micro, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1732

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MM.2012.89

Filename

6353406