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40 GBd 16QAM signaling at 160 Gb/s in a silicon-organic hybrid modulator

Lauermann, Matthias 1; Wolf, Stefan 1; Schindler, Philipp C. 2; Palmer, Robert 2; Koeber, Sebastian 2; Korn, Dietmar 1; Alloatti, Luca 2; Wahlbrink, Thorsten; Bolten, Jens; Waldow, Michael; Koenigsmann, Michael; Kohler, Matthias; Malsam, Dimitri; Elder, Delwin L.; Johnston, Peter V.; Phillips-Sylvain, Nathaniel; Sullivan, Philip A.; Dalton, Larry R.; Leuthold, J. 2; ... mehr

Abstract:

We demonstrate for the first time generation of 16-state quadrature amplitude modulation (16QAM) signals at a symbol rate of 40 GBd using silicon-based modulators. Our devices exploit silicon-organic hybrid (SOH) integration, which combines silicon-on-insulator slot waveguides with electro-optic cladding materials to realize highly efficient phase shifters. The devices enable 16QAM signaling and quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) at symbol rates of 40 GBd and 45 GBd, respectively, leading to line rates of up to 160 Gbit/s on a single wavelength and in a single polarization. This is the highest value demonstrated by a silicon-based device up to now. The energy consumption for 16QAM signaling amounts to less than 120 fJ/bit – one order of magnitude below that of conventional silicon photonic 16QAM modulators.


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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000051947
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DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2015.2394211
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Mikrostrukturtechnik (IMT)
Institut für Photonik und Quantenelektronik (IPQ)
Universität Karlsruhe (TH) – Interfakultative Einrichtungen (Interfakultative Einrichtungen)
Karlsruhe School of Optics & Photonics (KSOP)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2015
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 0733-8724
urn:nbn:de:swb:90-519479
KITopen-ID: 1000051947
HGF-Programm 43.23.03 (POF III, LK 01) Teratronics
Erschienen in Journal of Lightwave Technology
Verlag Optica Publishing Group (OSA)
Band 33
Heft 6
Seiten 1210-1216
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