Ultralow drive voltage silicon traveling-wave modulator

作者:Baehr Jones Tom*; Ding Ran; Liu Yang; Ayazi Ali; Pinguet Thierry; Harris Nicholas C; Streshinsky Matt; Lee Poshen; Zhang Yi; Lim Andy Eu Jin; Liow Tsung Yang; Teo Selin Hwee Gee; Lo Guo Qiang; Hochberg Michael
来源:Optics Express, 2012, 20(11): 12014-12020.
DOI:10.1364/OE.20.012014

摘要

There has been great interest in the silicon platform as a material system for integrated photonics. A key challenge is the development of a low-power, low drive voltage, broadband modulator. Drive voltages at or below 1 Vpp are desirable for compatibility with CMOS processes. Here we demonstrate a CMOS-compatible broadband traveling-wave modulator based on a reverse-biased pn junction. We demonstrate operation with a drive voltage of 0.63 Vpp at 20 Gb/s, a significant improvement in the state of the art, with an RF energy consumption of only 200 fJ/bit.

  • 出版日期2012-5-21