Simulating the pre‐ and de‐emphasis of drive voltages of silicon‐based micro‐ring ring‐modulators

Integrated modulators are being intensely investigated and became potential candidates for the fundamental building blocks of next generation silicon‐based front‐end transceivers. Although suitable optical performance has been demonstrated in several works, theoretical models for the appropriate dri...

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Main Author: S. Tenenbaum
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-03-01
Series:Electronics Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1049/el.2016.3650
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description Integrated modulators are being intensely investigated and became potential candidates for the fundamental building blocks of next generation silicon‐based front‐end transceivers. Although suitable optical performance has been demonstrated in several works, theoretical models for the appropriate driving conditions of the micro‐ring modulators are rarely explored. The carrier concentration fundamentally determines the refraction index of the pn junction of the modulator and to accelerate charge injection/extraction a pre‐ and de‐emphasised driving voltage technique has been widely and successfully applied. Here we present a mathematical model where shooting amplitude and duration are considered with an optimised power consumption analysis. The model can be applied for both NRZ and RZ modulation formats.
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spelling doaj-art-546099e1165449a9b861d554faab97492025-02-05T12:30:43ZengWileyElectronics Letters0013-51941350-911X2017-03-0153533333510.1049/el.2016.3650Simulating the pre‐ and de‐emphasis of drive voltages of silicon‐based micro‐ring ring‐modulatorsS. Tenenbaum0Centro de Tecnologia da Informação Renato ArcherRodovia Dom Pedro I (SP‐65), Km 143,6, Amarais, Campinas, SP,‐ CEP, 13069BrazilIntegrated modulators are being intensely investigated and became potential candidates for the fundamental building blocks of next generation silicon‐based front‐end transceivers. Although suitable optical performance has been demonstrated in several works, theoretical models for the appropriate driving conditions of the micro‐ring modulators are rarely explored. The carrier concentration fundamentally determines the refraction index of the pn junction of the modulator and to accelerate charge injection/extraction a pre‐ and de‐emphasised driving voltage technique has been widely and successfully applied. Here we present a mathematical model where shooting amplitude and duration are considered with an optimised power consumption analysis. The model can be applied for both NRZ and RZ modulation formats.https://doi.org/10.1049/el.2016.3650integrated modulatorsilicon‐based front‐end transceiveroptical performancemicroring modulatorpn junctioncharge injection‐extraction acceleration
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Simulating the pre‐ and de‐emphasis of drive voltages of silicon‐based micro‐ring ring‐modulators
Electronics Letters
integrated modulator
silicon‐based front‐end transceiver
optical performance
microring modulator
pn junction
charge injection‐extraction acceleration
title Simulating the pre‐ and de‐emphasis of drive voltages of silicon‐based micro‐ring ring‐modulators
title_full Simulating the pre‐ and de‐emphasis of drive voltages of silicon‐based micro‐ring ring‐modulators
title_fullStr Simulating the pre‐ and de‐emphasis of drive voltages of silicon‐based micro‐ring ring‐modulators
title_full_unstemmed Simulating the pre‐ and de‐emphasis of drive voltages of silicon‐based micro‐ring ring‐modulators
title_short Simulating the pre‐ and de‐emphasis of drive voltages of silicon‐based micro‐ring ring‐modulators
title_sort simulating the pre and de emphasis of drive voltages of silicon based micro ring ring modulators
topic integrated modulator
silicon‐based front‐end transceiver
optical performance
microring modulator
pn junction
charge injection‐extraction acceleration
url https://doi.org/10.1049/el.2016.3650
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