200-Gb/s per lane intensity-modulation (IM) direct-detection (DD) optics are being
commercialized to support 800G and 1.6 T applications inside datacenters. Though IM-DD …

Electro-optic modulators are an indispensable part of photonic communication systems,
largely dictating the achievable transmission rate. Recent advances in materials and …

Optical single-sideband (SSB) transmission technique fills the gap between intensity-
modulation/direct-detection (IM/DD) and digital coherent transmission technologies. It …

Integrated photonics at near-IR (NIR) wavelengths currently lacks high bandwidth and low-
voltage modulators, which add electro-optic functionality to passive circuits. Here, integrated …

The realization of gigahertz bandwidth modulators out of silicon-based technology in the
early 2000s marked a cornerstone of silicon photonics development. While modulation …

Client-side optics are facing an ever-increasing upgrading pace, driven by upcoming 5G
related services and datacenter applications. The demand for a single lane data rate is soon …

We present the design and characterization of O-band and C-band silicon photonic (SiP)
traveling wave Mach-Zehnder modulators (TW-MZM) allowing 220 Gbps/λ net rate …

In this paper, transmission performances of directly modulated laser (DML), electro-
absorption modulated laser (EML) and Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) are experimentally …

Increasing data traffic and bandwidth-hungry applications require electro-optic modulators
with ultra-wide modulation bandwidth for cost-efficient optical networks. Thus far, integrated …

A new plasmonic Mach-Zehnder modulator is demonstrated at a bit rate of 120 Gb/s NRZ-
OOK with low peak-to-peak driving voltages of 178 mV_pp below the HD-FEC limit. Such …