Electronic–photonic convergence for silicon photonics transmitters beyond 100 Gbps on–off keying
Ke Li, Shenghao Liu, David J. Thomson, Weiwei Zhang, Xingzhao Yan, Fanfan Meng, Callum G. Littlejohns, Han Du, Mehdi Banakar, Martin Ebert, Wei Cao, Dehn Tran, Bigeng Chen, Abdul Shakoor, Periklis Petropoulos, Graham T. Reed
Abstract
We present design concepts for optical modulators without using any equalization or bespoke fabrication techniques. The demonstrated silicon photonics transmitter can operate at 100 Gbps OOK, while the power efficiency of the driver is 2.03 pJ/bit.
Topics & Concepts
PhotonicsSilicon photonicsKeyingTransmitterOptoelectronicsElectronic engineeringSiliconBespokeComputer scienceMaterials scienceTelecommunicationsEngineeringLawChannel (broadcasting)Political sciencePhotonic and Optical DevicesOptical Network TechnologiesAdvanced Photonic Communication Systems