12.5 Gbit/s carrier-injection-based silicon micro-ring silicon modulators

doi:10.1364/OE.15.000430

12.5 Gbit/s carrier-injection-based silicon micro-ring silicon modulators

Qianfan Xu, Sasikanth Manipatruni, Brad Schmidt, Jagat Shakya, and Michal Lipson »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 15, Issue 2, pp. 430-436 (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.15.000430

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Abstract

We show a scheme for achieving high-speed operation for carrier-injection based silicon electro-optical modulator, which is optimized for small size and high modulation depth. The performance of the device is analyzed theoretically and a 12.5-Gbit/s modulation with high extinction ratio >9dB is demonstrated experimentally using a silicon micro-ring modulator.

OCIS Codes
(130.3120) Integrated optics : Integrated optics devices
(230.2090) Optical devices : Electro-optical devices
(250.5300) Optoelectronics : Photonic integrated circuits

ToC Category:
Integrated Optics

History
Original Manuscript: October 25, 2006
Revised Manuscript: December 26, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: January 10, 2007
Published: January 22, 2007

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Qianfan Xu, Sasikanth Manipatruni, Brad Schmidt, Jagat Shakya, and Michal Lipson, "12.5 Gbit/s carrier-injection-based silicon micro-ring silicon modulators," Opt. Express 15, 430-436 (2007)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-15-2-430

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Q. Xu, B. Schmidt, S. Pradhan, and M. Lipson, "Micrometre-scale silicon electro-optic modulator," Nature 435, 325-327 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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Q. Xu, B. Schmidt, J. Shakya, and M. Lipson, "Cascaded silicon micro-ring modulators for WDM optical interconnection," Opt. Express 14, 9431-9435 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

IBM Res. Dev.

J. D. Meindl, J. A. Davis, P. Zarkesh-Ha, C. S. Patel, K. P. Martin, and P. A. Kohl, "Interconnect opportunities for gigascale integration," IBM Res. Dev. 46, 245-263 (2002). [CrossRef]

IEEE J. Quantum Electron.

R. A. Soref, and B. R. Bennett, "Electrooptical effects in silicon," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 23, 123-129 (1987). [CrossRef]

IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum. Electron.

D. A. B. Miller, "Optical interconnects to silicon," IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum. Electron. 6,1312-1317 (2000). [CrossRef]

IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.

T. Sadagopan, S. J. Choi, S. J. Choi, P. D. Dapkus, and A. E. Bond, "Optical modulators based on depletion width," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 17, 567-569 (2005). [CrossRef]

Nature

A. Liu, R. Jones, L. Liao, D. Samara-Rubio, D. Rubin, O. Cohen, R. Nicolaescu, and M. Paniccia, "A high-speed silicon optical modulator based on a metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitor," Nature 427, 615-618 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
Q. Xu, B. Schmidt, S. Pradhan, and M. Lipson, "Micrometre-scale silicon electro-optic modulator," Nature 435, 325-327 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Express

Q. Xu, B. Schmidt, J. Shakya, and M. Lipson, "Cascaded silicon micro-ring modulators for WDM optical interconnection," Opt. Express 14, 9431-9435 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Lett.

J. Niehusmann, A. Vörckel, P. H. Bolivar, T. Wahlbrink and W. Henschel, "Ultrahigh-quality-factor silicon-on-insulator microring resonator," Opt. Lett. 29, 2861-2863 (2006). [CrossRef]

Other

R. F. Pierret, Semiconductor Device Fundamentals (Addison Wesley, 1996), Chap 8.
G. Gunn, "CMOS photonicsTM - SOI learns a new trick," in Proceedings of IEEE International SOI Conference (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, 2005), pp. 7-13. [CrossRef]

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