10-Gb/s BPSK link using Silicon Microring Resonators for Modulation and Demodulation

Abstract

Abstract:We demonstrate the first binary-phase-shift-keying (BPSK) link based on silicon microring resonators, with an operational bit-rate at 10 Gb/s. Bit-error-rate measurements and eye diagrams are used to compare the link's performance with conventional BPSK modulation and demodulation techniques.

On-chip silicon photonic signaling and processing: a review

“…According to such signal flow, silicon photonic devices can be also classified by laser, modulator, switch, filter, (de)multiplexer, detector, and so on. The applications of silicon photonics include nonlinear optics [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18], photonic signaling [6,[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36], nanooptomechanics [37][38][39][40], photonic processing [41], sensors [42][43][44][45][46], mid-infrared optics [47][48][49][50][51], terahertz technology [52,53], and so on.…”

A 10-Gb/s Silicon Microring Resonator-Based BPSK Link

“…Microrings can be cascaded for WDM modulation in the transmitting side and for simultaneous WDM demultiplexing and BPSK demodulation in the receiving end, which can be realized in a very compact, power efficient and lowcost way. In this letter we design and demonstrate for the first time, microring-based BPSK modulation at 10 Gb/s, and the first all-microring based end-to-end BPSK link [14]. We also compare performance of the microring based BPSK link with conventional modulation and demodulation techniques using eye diagrams and bit-error-rate (BER) measurements.…”