High-speed Silicon Mach-Zehnder Modulator with Corrugated Waveguides for Data Center Interconnects

Authors :: Reza Hosseini
Sourav Dev
Thomas Schneider
Arijit Misra
Karanveer Singh
Stefan Preußler
Kambiz Jamshidi
Source :: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics.
Publication Year :: 2021
Publisher :: Optica Publishing Group, 2021.
Abstract: An energy-efficient integrated silicon Mach-Zehnder modulator using 0.5 mm long corrugated waveguides with an extinction ratio of 30 dB is presented. Using this modulator, 15 Gb/s NRZ transmission is demonstrated with modulation efficiency (Vπ L) of 0.065 V.cm.

Subjects :: Waveguide lasers
Materials science
Transmission (telecommunications)
Extinction ratio
Silicon
chemistry
business.industry
Modulation
Electro-optic modulator
Optoelectronics
chemistry.chemical_element
business
Modulation efficiency

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