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52 km-long transmission link using a 50 Gb/s O-band silicon microring modulator co-packaged with a 1V-CMOS driver

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We present an O-band silicon microring modulator with up to 50 Gb/s modulation rates, co-packaged with a 1V-CMOS driver in a dispersion un-compensated, transmission experiment through 52 km of standard single-mode fiber. The experimental results show 10(-9) error-rate operation with a negligible power penalty of 0.2 dB for 40 Gb/s and wide-open eye diagrams for 50 Gb/s data, corresponding to a record high bandwidth-distance product of 2600 Gb.km/s. A comparative analysis between the proposed transmitter assembly and a commercial LiNbO3 modulator revealed a moderate increase of 3.8 dB in power penalty, requiring only 20% of the driving voltage level used by the commercial modulator.
Journal: IEEE PHOTONICS JOURNAL
ISSN: 1943-0647
Issue: 4
Volume: 11
Publication year:2019
BOF-keylabel:yes
IOF-keylabel:yes
BOF-publication weight:2
Authors:International
Authors from:Government
Accessibility:Open