Highly Optimized O-band Si Ring Modulators for Low-Power Hybrid CMOS-SiPho Transceivers
Yoojin Ban, Minkyu Kim, Peter De Heyn, Davide Guermandi, Filippo Ferraro, Natarajan Rajasekaran, Peter Verheyen, Pieter Bex, Junwen He, Hakim Kobbi, Jeroen De Coster, Rafal Magdziak, Dieter Bode, S. Lardenois, Nicolas Pantano, Dimitrios Velenis, Joris Van Campenhout
Abstract
We present O-band Si ring modulators with up to 58pm/V electro-optic and 610pm/mW thermo-optic modulation efficiencies and >24GHz modulation bandwidth, enabling a hybrid CMOS-SiPho transceiver with error-free operation at 40Gbps NRZ with <4pJ/bit link energy.
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TransceiverCMOSModulation (music)Bandwidth (computing)OptoelectronicsMaterials scienceElectronic engineeringElectrical engineeringComputer scienceEngineeringPhysicsTelecommunicationsAcousticsPhotonic and Optical DevicesAdvanced Fiber Laser TechnologiesSilicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence