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Silicon-Organic Hybrid (SOH) Mach-Zehnder Modulators for 100 Gbit/s on-off Keying

Wolf, Stefan 1; Zwickel, Heiner 1; Hartmann, Wladislaw 1,2; Lauermann, Matthias 1; Kutuvantavida, Yasar 1,2; Kieninger, Clemens 1,2; Altenhain, Lars; Schmid, Rolf; Luo, Jingdong; Jen, Alex K.-Y.; Randel, Sebastian 1; Freude, Wolfgang 1; Koos, Christian 1,2
1 Institut für Photonik und Quantenelektronik (IPQ), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
2 Institut für Mikrostrukturtechnik (IMT), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract:

Electro-optic modulators for high-speed on-off keying (OOK) are key components of short- and medium-reach interconnects in data-center networks. Small footprint, cost-efficient large-scale production, small drive voltages and ultra-low power consumption are of paramount importance for such devices. Here we demonstrate that the concept of silicon-organic hybrid (SOH) integration perfectly meets these challenges. The approach combines the unique processing advantages of large-scale silicon photonics with unrivalled electro-optic (EO) coefficients obtained by molecular engineering of organic materials. Our proof-of-concept experiments demonstrate generation and transmission of OOK signals at line rates of up to 100 Gbit/s using a 1.1 mm-long SOH Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) featuring a π-voltage of only 0.9 V. The experiment represents the first demonstration of 100 Gbit/s OOK on the silicon photonic platform, featuring the lowest drive voltage and energy consumption ever demonstrated for a semiconductor-based device at this data rate. We support our results by a theoretical analysis showing that the nonlinear transfer characteristic of the MZM can help to overcome bandwidth limitations of the modulator and the electric driver circuitry. ... mehr


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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000082045
Veröffentlicht am 16.04.2018
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-19061-8
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Mikrostrukturtechnik (IMT)
Universität Karlsruhe (TH) – Interfakultative Einrichtungen (Interfakultative Einrichtungen)
Karlsruhe School of Optics & Photonics (KSOP)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsmonat/-jahr 12.2018
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 2045-2322
urn:nbn:de:swb:90-820452
KITopen-ID: 1000082045
HGF-Programm 43.23.03 (POF III, LK 01) Teratronics
Erschienen in Scientific reports
Verlag Nature Research
Band 8
Heft 1
Seiten Art. Nr.: 2598
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Schlagwörter Optical materials and structures; Other photonics; 2015-015-009709 DLW
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