Multi-channel silicon photonic receiver based on ring-resonators

Opt Express. 2010 Jun 21;18(13):13510-5. doi: 10.1364/OE.18.013510.

Abstract

We demonstrated a high performance monolithically integrated multi-channel receiver fabricated on the SOI platform. This receiver is composed of a 1 x 8 Si-based ring-resonators filter and an array of high speed waveguided Ge-on-Si photodetectors. The optical channel spacing is about 1.5 nm. The responsivity of Ge-on-Si photodetector is about 1.0 A/W at the wavelength range of 1554 nm to 1564 nm. Each channel is capable of operating at a data rate of 20 Gbps, resulting in an aggregate data rate of 160 Gbps. At a BER of 1 x 10(-11), the receiver showed an optical input sensitivity of between -20 dBm and -21 dBm for each channel at 10 Gbps data rate.

MeSH terms

  • Electronics / instrumentation*
  • Electronics / methods*
  • Equipment Design
  • Germanium*
  • Nanoparticles
  • Optics and Photonics / instrumentation*
  • Semiconductors
  • Silicon*

Substances

  • Germanium
  • Silicon