Transmission of 24-Gb/s PAM-4 over 150-km SSMF using a Driverless Silicon Microring Modulator

• DOI: 10.1364/acpc.2014.ath4d.7
• Publication Date: 2014-12-02T18:58:54Z
• Authors: Lei Wang; Rong Hu; Miaofeng Li; Ying Qiu; Daigao Chen; Xi Xiao; Zhiyong Li; Yude Yu; Jinzhong Yu; Qi Yang; Shaohua Yu
• Keywords: 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering; 02 engineering and technology

A 24-Gb/s PAM-4 signal is generated using a driverless silicon microring modulator, bit error rate of 3.8e-4 is achieved after transmission over 150km SSMF, proving that the low cost and low power consumption silicon microring modulators may be candidate in high-capacity modules with advanced modulation.