Silicon photonic segmented modulator-based electro-optic DAC for 100 Gb/s PAM-4 generation

D Patel, A Samani, V Veerasubramanian… - IEEE Photonics …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report on the design and characterization of a silicon-on-insulator traveling-wave multi-
electrode Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM). The 2-bit electro-optic (EO) digital-to-analog …

Experimental parametric study of 128 Gb/s PAM-4 transmission system using a multi-electrode silicon photonic Mach Zehnder modulator

A Samani, D Patel, M Chagnon, E El-Fiky, R Li… - Optics express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We present an experimental study and analysis of a travelling wave series push-pull silicon
photonic multi-electrode Mach-Zehnder modulator (ME-MZM) and compare its performance …

240 Gbit/s silicon photonic Mach-Zehnder modulator enabled by two 2.3-Vpp drivers

M Jacques, Z Xing, A Samani, E El-Fiky… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We recently reported for the first time 200 Gbit/s/λ net rate data transmission with a single
silicon photonic modulator in an intensity modulation direct detection link. Our demonstration …

High baud rate transmission with silicon photonic modulators

F Zhang, L Zhang, X Ruan, F Yang… - IEEE Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We review high baud rate operation of silicon photonic modulators with emphasis on short-
reach and metro-haul applications. The current status of both devices and digital signal …

A low-voltage 35-GHz silicon photonic modulator-enabled 112-Gb/s transmission system

A Samani, M Chagnon, D Patel… - IEEE Photonics …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a silicon photonic traveling-wave Mach-Zehnder modulator operating near 1550
nm with a 3-dB bandwidth of 35 GHz. A detailed analysis of travelingwave electrode …

Design, analysis, and transmission system performance of a 41 GHz silicon photonic modulator

D Patel, S Ghosh, M Chagnon, A Samani… - Optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
The design and characterization of a slow-wave series push-pull traveling wave silicon
photonic modulator is presented. At 2 V and 4 V reverse bias, the measured− 3 dB electro …

50 GBd PAM4 transmitter with a 55nm SiGe BiCMOS driver and silicon photonic segmented MZM

L Breyne, H Ramon, K Van Gasse, M Verplaetse… - Optics …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate an optical transmitter consisting of a limiting SiGe BiCMOS driver co-
designed and co-packaged with a silicon photonic segmented traveling-wave Mach …

Segmented silicon MZM for PAM-8 transmissions at 114 Gb/s with binary signaling

AD Simard, B Filion, D Patel, D Plant, S LaRochelle - Optics express, 2016 - opg.optica.org
We experimentally demonstrate PAM-8 generation from binary electrical signals driving a
silicon multi-electrode Mach-Zehnder modulator acting as an optical digital-to-analog …

A silicon photonic PAM-4 modulator based on dual-parallel Mach–Zehnder interferometers

A Samani, V Veerasubramanian, E El-Fiky… - IEEE Photonics …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a silicon photonic dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) operating near
1550 nm used for four-level pulse amplitude modulation (PAM-4). The differential and …

Flexible transmitter employing silicon-segmented Mach–Zehnder modulator with 32-nm CMOS distributed driver

TN Huynh, N Dupuis, R Rimolo-Donadio… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a flexible optical transmitter for the short-reach optical interconnects that
includes a silicon photonic segmented Mach-Zehnder modulator driven by a distributed six …