A 60 Gb/s MDM-WDM Si photonic link with < 07 dB power penalty per channel
Author(s) -
Jeffrey B. Driscoll,
Christine P. Chen,
Richard R. Grote,
Brian Souhan,
Jerry I. Dadap,
Aaron Stein,
Ming Lu,
Keren Bergman,
Richard M. Osgood
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.22.018543
Subject(s) - wavelength division multiplexing , multiplexer , physics , optics , crosstalk , multiplexing , channel spacing , photonics , chip , wavelength , telecommunications , computer science
Mode-division-multiplexing (MDM) and wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) are employed simultaneously in a multimode silicon waveguide to realize on-chip MDM and MDM-WDM transmission. Asymmetric Y-junction MDM multiplexers and demultiplexers are utilized for low coherently suppressed demultiplexed crosstalk at the receiver. We demonstrate aggregate bandwidths of 20 Gb/s and 60 Gb/s for MDM and MDM-WDM on-chip links, respectively, with measured 10(-9) BER power penalties between 0.1 dB and 0.7 dB per channel.
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