Advantages of CMOS photonics for future transceiver applications

Guckenberger, D.; Abdalla, Sherif; Bradbury, C.; Clymore, Jim; Dobbelaere, P. De; Foltz, D.; Gloeckner, S.; Harrison, Mark C.; Jackson, Steven; Kucharski, D.; Liang, Yi; Lo, Carrie; Mack, M.; Masini, G.; Mekis, Attila; Narasimha, A.; Peterson, Mark; Pinguet, Thierry; Redman, J.; Sahni, S.; Welch, B.; Yokoyama, K.; Yu, S.

doi:10.1109/ecoc.2010.5621548

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“…Extensive study has been devoted to traveling-wave lateral PN-junction carrier-depletion Si MZ modulators in major modulation formats in OOK and PSK [6,7,12,13,16,23,24,25,26,27]. Some of the results reported for high-speed performances in NRZ OOK are listed in Table I.…”

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Fundamental characteristics and high-speed applications of carrier-depletion silicon Mach-Zehnder modulators

Ogawa

Ishihara

Goi

et al. 2014

IEICE Electron. Express

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Carrier-depletion Si Mach-Zehnder modulators incorporating lateral PN-junction phase shifters are reviewed in the lights of fundamental characteristics and applications to high-speed optical fiber transmission. Experimental reverse-bias characteristics are supported by numerical analysis with good agreement, implying that the Si modulators are fabricated precisely as designed. Numerical high-speed response proves that the phase shifter operates beyond 100-Gbaud symbol rate. Traveling-wave electrodes are characterized in S-parameter measurements to reveal LRC resonance as a limiting factor in high-speed modulation. High-speed optical-fiber transmission in on-off and phase-shift keying formats is demonstrated using the Si Mach-Zehnder modulators assembled in ceramic-based metal packages.

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“…Design and fabrication technologies based on silicon photonics allow monolithic integration of MZ modulators with photonic devices such as photodiodes (PDs) in small footprints [5,6,7]. Free-carrier plasma dispersion is the principal mechanism for high-speed refractive-index modulation in Si modulators.…”

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Fundamental characteristics and high-speed applications of carrier-depletion silicon Mach-Zehnder modulators

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Ishihara

Goi

et al. 2014

IEICE Electron. Express

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“…To achieve significant power reduction, the more promising technology involves CMOS and photonics integration which will evolve in the next 5 years with a level of optoelectronic integration lower than 130-nm SOI CMOS process (e.g. a single lithographic process can integrate hundreds of photonic components with millions of transistors with significant power reduction benefits) [10]. For instance, based on CMOS photonics, a Multiflow Optical module can be re-designed using a single chipset, equipped with C-band tuneable lasers (e.g.…”

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Next generation sliceable bandwidth variable transponders

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This article reports the work on next generation transponders for optical networks carried out within the last few years. A general architecture supporting super-channels (i.e., optical connections composed of several adjacent subcarriers) and sliceability (i.e., subcarriers grouped in a number of independent super-channels with different destinations) is presented. Several transponder implementations supporting different transmission techniques are considered, highlighting advantages, economics, and complexity. Discussions include electronics, optical components, integration, and programmability. Application use cases are reported

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“…Gb/s transceiver [12] (b) low power 4x10 Gb/s transceiver for use in active optical cables [13]. The latter has been successfully commercialized in an active optical cable product capable of transmitting full-duplex bidirectional data at 40Gbps (4x10Gbps) with best-in-class power dissipation (780mW), bit error rate (10 -18 @90% confidence) and reliability (<5 FIT module random failure rate @ 90% confidence).…”

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Si Photonics Based High-Speed Optical Transceivers

Dobbelaere¹,

Abdalla²,

Gloeckner³

et al. 2012

European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication

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A Si Photonics technology platform has been developed for the manufacture of advanced optical transceivers. Integration methodologies, design, manufacturing, performance and roadmap of silicon photonics based transceiver ICs are addressed. IntroductionThe demand for optical links at high volume, with low cost, low power and high reliability, is becoming increasingly evident as electrical interconnects struggle to cope with the demands of even short range connectivity at speeds beyond 10Gbps. By taking advantage of the vast investments made by the semiconductor industry, silicon photonics allows high-volume, high yield and low-cost manufacturing of complex photonic integrated circuits. In order to take full advantage of the CMOS semiconductor technology, the development and progress of Si photonics should further standardize and maintain adherence to the established CMOS technology methodologies and roadmap. Standardization may further be encouraged by Si Photonics foundry initiatives such as OpSIS [1] and ePIXfab [2]. In the past decade several groups have reported excellent progress in Si Photonics: Intel [3], IBM [4], IMEC [5], IME [6] and many others.

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Advantages of CMOS photonics for future transceiver applications

Abstract: The advantages of CMOS photonics for next generation transceiver applications are outlined in terms of raw bandwidth, channel capacity, reach, power, cost, link performance and reliability. The advantages for future integration with host chips area also discussed.

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Fundamental characteristics and high-speed applications of carrier-depletion silicon Mach-Zehnder modulators

Fundamental characteristics and high-speed applications of carrier-depletion silicon Mach-Zehnder modulators

Next generation sliceable bandwidth variable transponders

Si Photonics Based High-Speed Optical Transceivers

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