A high-speed, tunable silicon photonic ring modulator integrated with ultra-efficient active wavelength control

作者:Zheng Xuezhe*; Chang Eric; Amberg Philip; Shubin Ivan; Lexau Jon; Liu Frankie; Thacker Hiren; Djordjevic Stevan S; Lin Shiyun; Luo Ying; Yao Jin; Lee Jin Hyoung; Raj Kannan; Ho Ron; Cunningham John E; Krishnamoorthy Ashok V
来源:Optics Express, 2014, 22(10): 12628-12633.
DOI:10.1364/OE.22.012628

摘要

We report the first complete 10G silicon photonic ring modulator with integrated ultra-efficient CMOS driver and closed-loop wavelength control. A selective substrate removal technique was used to improve the ring tuning efficiency. Limited by the thermal tuner driver output power, a maximum open-loop tuning range of about 4.5nm was measured with about 14mW of total tuning power including the heater driver circuit power consumption. Stable wavelength locking was achieved with a low-power mixed-signal closed-loop wavelength controller. An active wavelength tracking range of > 500GHz was demonstrated with controller energy cost of only 20fJ/bit.

  • 出版日期2014-5-19