Silicon microring carrier-injection-based modulators/switches with tunable extinction ratios and OR-logic switching by using waveguide cross-coupling

C Li, L Zhou, AW Poon - Optics express, 2007 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate silicon microring carrier-injection-based modulators/switches with
waveguide cross-coupling. We tune the modulator extinction ratio by forward-biasing either …

On power consumption of silicon-microring-based optical modulators

T Ye, X Cai - Journal of lightwave technology, 2010 - opg.optica.org
Silicon microring resonator has been recognized as a competitive structure for the electro-
optic modulator due to its potential for high-density integration. There are two silicon-ring …

Compact wavelength-and bandwidth-tunable microring modulator

H Shoman, H Jayatilleka, AHK Park, A Mistry… - Optics express, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Fabrication errors currently hold back the large-scale adoption of silicon micro-ring
modulators (MRMs). The ability to correct their spectral features post-fabrication is required …

Cascaded silicon micro-ring modulators for WDM optical interconnection

Q Xu, B Schmidt, J Shakya, M Lipson - Optics express, 2006 - opg.optica.org
We experimentally demonstrate cascaded silicon micro-ring modulators as the key
component of a WDM interconnection system. We show clean eye-diagrams when each of …

Optical modulation using anti-crossing between paired amplitude and phase resonators

WMJ Green, MJ Rooks, L Sekaric, YA Vlasov - Optics Express, 2007 - opg.optica.org
An optical modulator design based upon anti-crossing between coupled silicon microrings
with independent amplitude and phase functionality is presented. The device exhibits over …

Silicon dual-ring modulator

Q Xu - Optics express, 2009 - opg.optica.org
A silicon electro-optic modulator based on coupled microring resonators is proposed. The
dual-ring modulator has wide optical bandwidth, high extinction ratio and low insertion loss …

Ultra high bandwidth WDM using silicon microring modulators

S Manipatruni, L Chen, M Lipson - Optics express, 2010 - opg.optica.org
We report 50 Gbit/s modulation capability using four silicon micro ring modulators within a
footprint of 500 µm^ 2. This is the highest total modulation capability shown in silicon using …

Mode-selective modulation by silicon microring resonators and mode multiplexers for on-chip optical interconnect

H Jia, X Fu, T Zhou, L Zhang, S Yang, L Yang - Optics Express, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Mode-division multiplexing (MDM) for on-chip interconnect, as a degree of freedom to
enable further scaling the communication capacity, has attracted wide attention. However …

A 5× 200 Gbps microring modulator silicon chip empowered by two-segment Z-shape junctions

Y Yuan, Y Peng, WV Sorin, S Cheung, Z Huang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Optical interconnects have been recognized as the most promising solution to accelerate
data transmission in the artificial intelligence era. Benefiting from their cost-effectiveness …

44-Gb/s silicon microring modulators based on zigzag PN junctions

X Xiao, X Li, H Xu, Y Hu, K Xiong, Z Li… - IEEE Photonics …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We experimentally demonstrate silicon microring modulators with>; 40-Gb/s modulation
speed based on the carrier-depletion mechanism in reverse-biased PN junctions. A novel …