Low-power silicon-organic hybrid (SOH) modulators for advanced modulation formats

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 29927-29936

  Lauermann, M ^a   Palmer, R ^a,e   Koeber, S ^a,b,f   Schindler, P C ^a,g   Korn, D ^a   Wahlbrink, T ^c   Bolten, J ^c   Waldow, M ^c   Elder, D L ^d   Dalton, L R ^d   Leuthold, J ^a,h   Freude, W ^a,b   Koos, C ^a,b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c AMO GMBH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Chemistry Department ^*  (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^g INFINERA CORPORATION   (United States)

^h ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; MODULATION; MODULATORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE SHIFT KEYING; QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION; SILICON; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

ADVANCED MODULATION FORMATS; BIT ERROR RATIO (BER); ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATORS; LOW ENERGY CONSUMPTION; OPTICAL INTEGRATION; PEAK-TO-PEAK DRIVE VOLTAGE; QUADRATURE PHASESHIFT KEYING (QPSK); SILICON-ON- INSULATORS (SOI);

QUADRATURE PHASE SHIFT KEYING;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; SILICON;

CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRONICS; OPTICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ELECTRICITY; ELECTRONICS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SILICON;

EID: 84914674467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.029927     Document Type: Article

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