Silicon photonics for high-capacity data communications

Y Shi, Y Zhang, Y Wan, Y Yu, Y Zhang, X Hu… - Photonics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
In recent years, optical modulators, photodetectors,(de) multiplexers, and heterogeneously
integrated lasers based on silicon optical platforms have been verified. The performance of …

A 50-Gb/s PAM-4 silicon-photonic transmitter incorporating lumped-segment MZM, distributed CMOS driver, and integrated CDR

Q Liao, Y Zhang, S Ma, L Wang, L Li… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a 50-Gb/s optical transmitter (TX), consisting of a 40-nm distributed
CMOS driver and a 180-nm silicon-photonic modulator. A lumped-segment Mach–Zehnder …

Research on 3D optical module integrating edge coupler and TSV

Q Zheng, P Yang, H Xue, H He, R Cao… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
3D integration photonic interposer is becoming popular in the field of co-packaging optics
(CPO). In this paper, we integrate the edge coupler and through silicon via (TSV) into the …

Optical modulators

G Reed, D Thomson, W Zhang, F Gardes… - integrated photonics for …, 2023 - Elsevier
This chapter discusses the possible mechanisms for optical modulation, technology
platforms, the current state of the art, and the prospects for the future progression of optical …

A 56-Gb/s PAM-4 Transmitter Using Silicon Photonic Microring Modulator in 40nm CMOS

C Zhang, F Chen, CP Yue - 2022 IEEE 65th International …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work presents a 56-Gb/s pulse amplitude modulation (PAM)-4 transmitter (TX) using a
silicon photonic microring modulator (MRM) in 40nm CMOS technology. The TX adopts a …