Silicon photonics for high-capacity data communications

Y Shi, Y Zhang, Y Wan, Y Yu, Y Zhang, X Hu… - Photonics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
In recent years, optical modulators, photodetectors,(de) multiplexers, and heterogeneously
integrated lasers based on silicon optical platforms have been verified. The performance of …

Silicon photonic modulators for PAM transmissions

W Shi, Y Xu, H Sepehrian, S LaRochelle… - Journal of …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
High-speed optical interconnects are crucial for both data centers and high performance
computing systems. High power consumption and limited device bandwidth have hindered …

Efficient low-loss InGaAsP/Si hybrid MOS optical modulator

JH Han, F Boeuf, J Fujikata, S Takahashi, S Takagi… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
An optical modulator integrated on silicon is a key enabler for high-performance optical
interconnects,,,,,. However, Si-based optical modulators suffer from low phase-modulation …

Monolithically integrated multilayer silicon nitride-on-silicon waveguide platforms for 3-D photonic circuits and devices

WD Sacher, JC Mikkelsen, Y Huang… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we review and provide additional details about our progress on multilayer
silicon nitride (SiN)-on-silicon (Si) integrated photonic platforms. In these platforms, one or …

Silicon-photonics microring links for datacenters—Challenges and opportunities

AH Ahmed, A Sharkia, B Casper… - IEEE Journal of …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The rapid growth of warehouse-scale datacenters demands high-throughput optical
interconnects that can span short-to-medium reach distances (<; few kilometers). Microring …

Silicon photonics in optical coherent systems

C Doerr, L Chen - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Optical coherent systems, which employ the interference of a received optical signal with a
local laser to achieve high signal-to-electrical-noise ratio and capture the magnitude, phase …

Techno-economic comparison of silicon photonics and multimode VCSELs

D Mahgerefteh, C Thompson, C Cole… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2016 - opg.optica.org
Recent technical and commercial milestones in Silicon Photonics technology including its
introduction into commercial foundries, and successful integration of most optical …

U-shaped PN junctions for efficient silicon Mach-Zehnder and microring modulators in the O-band

Z Yong, WD Sacher, Y Huang, JC Mikkelsen… - Optics express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate U-shaped silicon PN junctions for energy efficient Mach-Zehnder
modulators and ring modulators in the O-band. This type of junction has an improved …

An integrated photonic-assisted phased array transmitter for direct fiber to mm-wave links

P Sanjari, F Aflatouni - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Millimeter-wave (mm-wave) phased arrays can realize multi-Gb/s communication
links but face challenges such as signal distribution and higher power consumption …

Low-power MOS-capacitor based silicon photonic modulators and CMOS drivers

M Webster, K Lakshmikumar, C Appel… - 2015 Optical Fiber …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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