A 25 Gb/s Silicon Photonics Platform
Optics
2012-03-06 v1
Abstract
Silicon has attracted attention as an inexpensive and scalable material system for photonic-electronic, system-on-chip development. For this, a platform with both photodetectors and modulators working at high speeds, with excellent cross-wafer uniformity, is needed. We demonstrate an optical-lithography, wafer-scale photonics platform with 25 Gb/s operation. We also demonstrate modulation with an ultra-low drive voltage of 1 Vpp at 25 Gb/s. We demonstrate attractive cross-wafer uniformity, and provide detailed information about the device geometry. Our platform is available to the community as part of a photonics shuttle service.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1203.0767,
title = {A 25 Gb/s Silicon Photonics Platform},
author = {Tom Baehr-Jones and Ran Ding and Ali Ayazi and Thierry Pinguet and Matt Streshinsky and Nick Harris and Jing Li and Li He and Mike Gould and Yi Zhang and Andy Eu-Jin Lim and Tsung-Yang Liow and Selin Hwee-Gee Teo and Guo-Qiang Lo and Michael Hochberg},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.0767},
year = {2012}
}
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