Photonics Research, Volume. 10, Issue 4, 1127(2022)

240 Gb/s optical transmission based on an ultrafast silicon microring modulator

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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    (a) Simulated optical bandwidth, electrical bandwidth, and EO bandwidth of the MRM with different doping concentrations, respectively. (b) Simulated EO bandwidth with optical peaking and extinction ratio (ER) of the MRM with different detuning wavelengths. The ER is simulated with the 3Vpp and 4.5 V reversed-bias voltage.
    (a) Schematic for the high-performance MRM. (b) PN junction in the MRM indicated by dashed square in (a). (c) Microscope picture of the proposed MRM.
    (a) Normalized optical transmission by varying the reversed-bias voltages. (b) Extracted insertion loss (IL) and ER with different working wavelength with driving voltage of 3Vpp.
    Measured EO response with 2 V reversed-bias voltage. The EO bandwidths of 110, 91, 79, 65, and 52 GHz are measured with the detuning wavelength Δλ of 0.326, 0.269, 0.24, 0.183, and 0.115 nm, respectively.
    Experimental setup of the transmission based on the MRM. Tx, transmitter; Rx, receiver; DSO, digital storage oscilloscope; AWG, arbitrary wave generator; PC, polarization controller; PD, photodetector; EA, electrical amplifier; VOA, variable optical attenuator; SSMF, standard single-mode fiber; EQ, equalization; NN, neural network; NLC, nonlinear compensation.
    Measured BER for 110, 115, and 120 Gb/s NRZ at different received optical power. Inset: eye diagram after equalization of 120 Gb/s NRZ signal.
    (a) Measured BER for BtB and after 2 km SSMF transmission with different data rates for PAM-4 signal of the MRM. Inset: diagram of 220 Gb/s PAM-4 signal. (b) Measured BER for 200 Gb/s PAM-4 signal at different received optical powers. Inset: diagram of 200 Gb/s PAM-4 signal.
    (a) Measured BER for BtB and after 2 km SSMF transmission with different data rates for PAM-8 signal of the MRM. Inset: diagram of 240 Gb/s PAM-8. (b) Calculated BER for 180 Gb/s PAM-8 signal at different received optical powers. Inset: diagram of 180 Gb/s PAM-8.
    • Table 1. Performance Comparison of High-Speed EO Modulators

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      Table 1. Performance Comparison of High-Speed EO Modulators

      PlatformTypeEO Bandwidth (GHz)Vπ·L(V·cm)Vpp(V)Footprint (mm)Data Rate (Gb/s)FormatDSP
      III–V/SiC [9]DMLa108N.A.1.750.05256 (HD-FEC)PAM4Off-line, 101-tap FFE & 61-tap Volterra
      LNOI [17]MZI>702.7/b9128 (HD-FEC)PAM431-tap FFE
      SOI [3]MZI601.452112PAM4W/o
      SOI [5]MZI471.352.32.5225 (SD-FEC)PAM8Off-line, 81-tap FFE& Volterra
      SOI [23]MRR770.531.60.006c192PAM4Off-line, 5-tap FFE & TDECQ
      POH [13]MZI700.00630.0172 (HD-FEC)OOK9-tap delay filter
      SOH [11]MZI681.441.38200 (HD-FEC)PAM4Off-line, Nyquist pulse shaping
      SOI (this work)MRR >600.830.008c240 (SD-FEC)PAM8Off-line, NN & MLSE
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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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    Category: Silicon Photonics

    Received: Aug. 30, 2021

    Accepted: Feb. 24, 2022

    Published Online: Mar. 28, 2022

    The Author Email: Xi Xiao (xxiao@wri.com.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.441791

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