Low power 50 Gb/s silicon traveling wave Mach-Zehnder modulator near 1300 nm

M Streshinsky, R Ding, Y Liu, A Novack, Y Yang… - Optics express, 2013 - opg.optica.org
The wavelength band near 1300 nm is attractive for many telecommunications applications,
yet there are few results in silicon that demonstrate high-speed modulation in this band. We …

Linearized silicon modulator based on a ring assisted Mach Zehnder inteferometer

J Cardenas, PA Morton, JB Khurgin, A Griffith… - Optics express, 2013 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate a Linearized Ring Assisted Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (L-RAMZI)
modulator in a miniature silicon device. We measure a record high degree of linearization …

Highly linear silicon traveling wave Mach-Zehnder carrier depletion modulator based on differential drive

M Streshinsky, A Ayazi, Z Xuan, AEJ Lim, GQ Lo… - Optics express, 2013 - opg.optica.org
We present measurements of the nonlinear distortions of a traveling-wave silicon Mach-
Zehnder modulator based on the carrier depletion effect. Spurious free dynamic range for …

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 …

Polarization-and wavelength-agnostic nanophotonic beam splitter

D González-Andrade, C Lafforgue… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
High-performance optical beam splitters are of fundamental importance for the development
of advanced silicon photonics integrated circuits. However, due to the high refractive index …

Silicon photonics for advanced optical interconnections

Z Zhou, Z Tu, T Li, X Wang - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2015 - opg.optica.org
After a brief review on silicon photonics research and development in China, the progress of
silicon photonic components for coherent transceiver is described in details. The …

Modulator material impact on chirp, DSP, and performance in coherent digital links: comparison of the lithium niobate, indium phosphide, and silicon platforms

M Jacques, A Samani, D Patel, E El-Fiky… - Optics …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
We characterize the impact of the modulator material on chirp, digital signal processing
(DSP) algorithms and system-level performance in coherent digital optical links. We …

SSBI mitigation at 60GHz OFDM-ROF system based on optimization of training sequence

X Wang, J Yu, Z Cao, J **ao, L Chen - Optics Express, 2011 - opg.optica.org
We have theoretically and experimentally investigated the effect of the interference between
subcarrier-signal beat interference (SSBI) in 60 GHz orthogonal frequency division …

Analytical model for calculating the nonlinear distortion in silicon-based electro-optic Mach–Zehnder modulators

AM Gutierrez, A Brimont, J Herrera… - Journal of lightwave …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this study, an analytical model for calculating the nonlinear harmonic/intermodulation
distortion for RF signals in silicon-based electro-optic modulators is investigated by …

Theoretical and experimental optimum system design for LTE-RoF over varying transmission span and identification of system nonlinear limit

WP Ng, T Kanesan, Z Ghassemlooy… - IEEE Photonics …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes an optimum radio-over-fiber (RoF) system design to extend the
coverage of the third-generation partnership program (3GPP) long-term evolution (LTE) …