• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 10, Issue 4, 1127 (2022)
Yuguang Zhang1、2、†, Hongguang Zhang2、†, Junwen Zhang3、†, Jia Liu2, Lei Wang1、2, Daigao Chen1、2, Nan Chi3, Xi Xiao1、2、4、*, and Shaohua Yu1、2、4
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Optical Communication Technologies and Networks, China Information and Communication Technologies Group Corporation (CICT), Wuhan 430074, China
  • 2National Information Optoelectronics Innovation Center, Wuhan 430074, China
  • 3Key Laboratory of Information Science of Electromagnetic Waves (MoE), Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
  • 4Peng Cheng Laboratory, Shenzhen 518055, China
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.441791 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yuguang Zhang, Hongguang Zhang, Junwen Zhang, Jia Liu, Lei Wang, Daigao Chen, Nan Chi, Xi Xiao, Shaohua Yu. 240 Gb/s optical transmission based on an ultrafast silicon microring modulator[J]. Photonics Research, 2022, 10(4): 1127 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    An ultrafast microring modulator (MRM) is fabricated and presented with Vπ·L of 0.825 V·cm. A 240 Gb/s PAM-8 signal transmission over 2 km standard single-mode fiber (SSMF) is experimentally demonstrated. PN junction doping concentration is optimized, and the overall performance of the MRM is improved. Optical peaking is introduced to further extend the EO bandwidth from 52 to 110 GHz by detuning the input wavelength. A titanium nitride heater with 0.1 nm/mW tuning efficiency is implemented above the MRM to adjust the resonant wavelength. High bit rate modulations based on the high-performance and compact MRM are carried out. By adopting off-line signal processing in the transmitter and receiver side, 120 Gb/s NRZ, 220 Gb/s PAM-4, and 240 Gb/s PAM-8 are measured with the back-to-back bit error ratio (BER) of 5.5×10-4, 1.5×10-2, and 1.4×10-2, respectively. A BER with different received optical power and 2 km SSMF transmission is also investigated. The BER for 220 Gb/s PAM-4 and 240 Gb/s PAM-8 after 2 km SSMF transmission is calculated to be 1.7×10-2 and 1.5×10-2, which meet with the threshold of soft-decision forward-error correction, respectively.
    1fmod2=1fopt2+1fele2=(2πτ)2+[2π(Rpn+Rdr)Cpn]2=(λQc)2+[2π(Rpn+Rdr)Cpn]2.

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    Yuguang Zhang, Hongguang Zhang, Junwen Zhang, Jia Liu, Lei Wang, Daigao Chen, Nan Chi, Xi Xiao, Shaohua Yu. 240 Gb/s optical transmission based on an ultrafast silicon microring modulator[J]. Photonics Research, 2022, 10(4): 1127
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