Scaling capacity of fiber-optic transmission systems via silicon photonics

W Shi, Y Tian, A Gervais - Nanophotonics, 2020 - degruyter.com
The tremendous growth of data traffic has spurred a rapid evolution of optical
communications for a higher data transmission capacity. Next-generation fiber-optic …

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 …

Optical frequency comb and Nyquist pulse generation with integrated silicon modulators

S Liu, K Wu, L Zhou, L Lu, B Zhang… - IEEE Journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We demonstrate nine-line optical frequency comb (OFC) and sinc-shaped Nyquist pulse
generation based on two cascaded silicon Mach-Zehnder modulators. The OFC has a …

Nonreciprocal light propagation in a cascaded all-silicon microring modulator

A Pandey, S Dwivedi, T Zhenzhou, S Pan… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Optical isolators and circulators are critical building blocks for large-scale photonic
integrated circuits. Among the several methods proposed to realize such nonreciprocal …

Hybrid WDM-MDM transmitter with an integrated Si modulator array and a micro-resonator comb source

C Li, H Zhang, G Zhou, L Lu, M **, J Dong, L Zhou… - Optics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate a multi-channel silicon photonic transmitter based on wavelength division
multiplexing (WDM) and mode division multiplexing (MDM). The light source is realized by a …

Frequency comb generation using a CMOS compatible SiP DD-MZM for flexible networks

J Lin, H Sepehrian, Y Xu, LA Rusch… - IEEE Photonics …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
On-chip frequency comb generation is a promising solution for seeding a chip-scale optical
transmitter for both Nyquist wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) and orthogonal …

Integrated Electro‐Optic Frequency Combs: Theory and Current Progress

T Zhang, K Yin, C Zhang, R Miao… - Laser & Photonics …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Optical frequency combs (OFCs) have evolved into one of the most active areas of
photonics, underpinning advancements in both fundamental science and commercial …

Recent progress in integrated electro-optic frequency comb generation

H Sun, M Khalil, Z Wang, LR Chen - Journal of Semiconductors, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Optical frequency combs have emerged as an important tool enabling diverse applications
from test-and-measurement, including spectroscopy, metrology, precision distance …

Compact wavelength-and bandwidth-tunable microring modulator

H Shoman, H Jayatilleka, AHK Park, A Mistry… - Optics express, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Fabrication errors currently hold back the large-scale adoption of silicon micro-ring
modulators (MRMs). The ability to correct their spectral features post-fabrication is required …

Microwave pulse generation with a silicon dual-parallel modulator

S Liu, K Wu, L Zhou, L Lu, B Zhang… - Journal of lightwave …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Compact and integrated microwave pulse generation can benefit various applications in
integrated microwave photonics. We demonstrate high-quality microwave pulse generation …