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25-Gb/s Transmission Over 2.5-km SSMF by Silicon MRR Enhanced 1.55-mu m III-V/SOI DML
Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark1
Ultra-fast Optical Communication, Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark2
Acreo Swedish ICT AB3
FOTON Laboratory4
Nanophotonic Devices, Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark5
III-V Lab6
KTH Royal Institute of Technology7
The use of a micro-ring resonator (MRR) to enhance the modulation extinction ratio and dispersion tolerance of a directly modulated laser is experimentally investigated with a bit rate of 25 Gb/s as proposed for the next generation data center communications. The investigated system combines a 11-GHz 1.55-mu m directly modulated hybrid III-V/SOI DFB laser realized by bonding III-V materials (InGaAlAs) on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer and a silicon MRR also fabricated on SOI.
Such a transmitter enables error-free transmission (BER <10(-9)) at 25 Gb/s data rate over 2.5-km standard single mode fiber without dispersion compensation nor forward error correction. As both laser and MRR are fabricated on the SOI platform, they could be combined into a single device with enhanced performance, thus providing a cost-effective transmitter for short reach applications.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | IEEE |
Year: | 2017 |
Pages: | 960-963 |
ISSN: | 19410174 and 10411135 |
Types: | Journal article and Ahead of Print article |
DOI: | 10.1109/LPT.2017.2700497 |
ORCIDs: | Da Ros, Francesco , Ding, Yunhong and Oxenløwe, Leif Katsuo |