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Photonics Research, Volume. 11, Issue 2, 143(2023)

16-channel photonic–electric co-designed silicon transmitter with ultra-low power consumption

Jingbo Shi1,7、†,*, Ming Jin1、†, Tao Yang2, Haowen Shu1, Fenghe Yang3, Han Liu4, Yuansheng Tao1, Jiangrui Deng1, Ruixuan Chen1, Changhao Han1, Nan Qi4,5,8、*, and Xingjun Wang1,6,9、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, School of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • 2College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • 3Peking University Yangtze Delta Institute of Optoelectronics, Nantong 226010, China
  • 4State Key Laboratory of Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
  • 5Center of Material Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 6Frontier Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • 7e-mail: jingboshi@pku.edu.cn
  • 8e-mail: qinan@semi.ac.cn
  • 9e-mail: xjwang@pku.edu.cn
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    Paper Information

    Category: Silicon Photonics

    Received: Jul. 4, 2022

    Accepted: Nov. 19, 2022

    Published Online: Jan. 10, 2023

    The Author Email: Jingbo Shi (jingboshi@pku.edu.cn), Nan Qi (qinan@semi.ac.cn), Xingjun Wang (xjwang@pku.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.469556

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