DocumentCode
712136
Title
Power-efficient gray-scale control of silicon thermo-optic phase shifters by pulse width modulation using monolithically integrated MOSFET
Author
Cong, G.W. ; Matsukawa, T. ; Suzuki, K. ; Tanizawa, K. ; Kim, S.H. ; Chiba, T. ; Tadokoro, H. ; Yanagihara, M. ; Ohno, M. ; Kuwatsuka, H. ; Igarashi, Y. ; Masahara, M. ; Ishikawa, H. ; Ikeda, K. ; Namiki, S. ; Kawashima, H.
Author_Institution
Network Photonics Res. Center, Nat. Inst. of Adv. Ind. Sci. & Technol. (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
fYear
2015
fDate
22-26 March 2015
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We first-time demonstrate gray-scale control by pulse-width modulation for silicon thermo-optic (TO) phase shifters using monolithic MOSFET. This work enables simple and power efficient control of TO modules without using DAC and analog current drivers.
Keywords
MOSFET; elemental semiconductors; optical modulation; optical phase shifters; silicon; thermo-optical devices; thermo-optical effects; PWM; Si; TO phase shifters; monolithically integrated MOSFET; power-efficient gray-scale control; pulse width modulation; thermooptic phase shifters; CMOS integrated circuits; Logic gates; MOSFET; Optical switches; Phase shifters; Pulse width modulation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
Conference_Location
Los Angeles, CA
Type
conf
Filename
7121466
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