Silicon photonics devices for integrated analog signal processing and sampling

Nanophotonics

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Steven Spector¹  Cheryl Sorace-Agaskar² 

[1] Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology;Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

关键词: silicon photonics;    silicon modulator;    silicon photodetector;    ring resonator filters;   

DOI  :  10.1515/nanoph-2013-0036

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: De Gruyter

【 摘 要 】

Silicon photonics offers the possibility of a reduction in size weight and power for many optical systems, and could open up the ability to build optical systems with complexities that would otherwise be impossible to achieve. Silicon photonics is an emerging technology that has already been inserted into commercial communication products. This technology has also been applied to analog signal processing applications. MIT Lincoln Laboratory in collaboration with groups at MIT has developed a toolkit of silicon photonic devices with a focus on the needs of analog systems. This toolkit includes low-loss waveguides, a high-speed modulator, ring resonator based filter bank, and all-silicon photodiodes. The components are integrated together for a hybrid photonic and electronic analog-to-digital converter. The development and performance of these devices will be discussed. Additionally, the linear performance of these devices, which is important for analog systems, is also investigated.

【 授权许可】

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