Silicon photonics for advanced optical communication systems

Zhiping Zhou; Xingjun Wang; Huaxiang Yi; Zhijuan Tu; Wei Tan; Qifeng Long; Mei Yin; Yawen Huang

doi:10.1117/1.OE.52.4.045007

19 April 2013 Silicon photonics for advanced optical communication systems

Zhiping Zhou, Xingjun Wang, Huaxiang Yi, Zhijuan Tu, Wei Tan, Qifeng Long, Mei Yin, Yawen Huang

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 52, Issue 4, 045007 (April 2013). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.52.4.045007

Abstract

Recent progress on Si-based optical components for advanced optical communication systems has been demonstrated. The polarization beam splitter with extinction ratio of more than 20 dB and the optical 90-deg hybrid having phase deviation within ±5-deg were obtained using multimode interference structures. The 12 Gb/s modulators and the 20 GHz photodetectors were measured. Benefiting from the unique properties of silicon modulator, an error-free 80 Km transmission of the signals generated by our silicon carrier-depletion Mach-Zehnder modulator was also demonstrated at 10 Gb/s and the power penalty was as low as 1.15 dB. These results show that silicon photonics has a great potential in advanced optical communication systems.

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Zhiping Zhou, Xingjun Wang, Huaxiang Yi, Zhijuan Tu, Wei Tan, Qifeng Long, Mei Yin, and Yawen Huang "Silicon photonics for advanced optical communication systems," Optical Engineering 52(4), 045007 (19 April 2013). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.52.4.045007

Published: 19 April 2013

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