Silicon photonic modulator linearity and optimization for microwave photonic links

CG Bottenfield, VA Thomas… - IEEE Journal of Selected …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We experimentally demonstrate the influence of the DC Kerr effect in silicon photonic Mach-
Zehnder modulators (MZMs) and the ability to optimize the combined effects of plasma …

A high spur-free dynamic range silicon DC kerr ring modulator for RF applications

A Jain, N Hosseinzadeh, X Wu, HK Tsang… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Silicon photonics offer a low-cost platform for large-scale RF system integration. Spur-free
dynamic range (SFDR) for analog and RF photonic components is limited by electrical and …

A linear microwave electro-optic front end with SiGe distributed amplifiers and segmented silicon photonic Mach–Zehnder modulator

N Hosseinzadeh, A Jain, K Ning… - IEEE Transactions …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The dynamic range of a radio-over-fiber (RoF) link is fundamentally limited by the linearity of
electro-optic modulators. Silicon photonic (SiP) processes offer significant potential for …

A 0.5-20 GHz RF Silicon Photonic Receiver with 120 dB•Hz2/3 SFDR using Broadband Distributed IM3 Injection Linearization

N Hosseinzadeh, A Jain, K Ning… - 2019 IEEE Radio …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Radio-over-fiber (RoF) supports microwave and millimeter-wave communication with remote
antenna heads. However, RoF links suffer from low spur-free dynamic range (SFDR) due to …

A distributed low-noise amplifier for broadband linearization of a silicon photonic Mach–Zehnder modulator

N Hosseinzadeh, A Jain, R Helkey… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
RF photonic components suffer from poor spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) due to the
high noise and distortion generated by a silicon photonic (SiP) Mach-Zehnder modulator …

A 1 to 20 GHz silicon-germanium low-noise distributed driver for RF silicon photonic Mach-Zehnder modulators

N Hosseinzadeh, A Jain, K Ning… - 2019 IEEE MTT-S …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates co-design of a broadband RF low-noise driver for silicon photonic
(SiP) Mach-Zehnder modulators (MZM). The frequency response of SiP modulators …

[图书][B] Co-design of Electronic and Silicon Photonic Integrated Circuits for Microwave Photonics and Data-Center Communications

N Hosseinzadeh - 2020 - search.proquest.com
Silicon photonics offer a low-cost platform for large-scale optical systems, and find
applications in data-centers, long-haul optical networks, LiDAR, and RF/microwave …