Comparison of microrings and microdisks for high-speed optical modulation in silicon photonics
Abstract
The past several decades have witnessed the gradual transition from electrical to optical interconnects, ranging from long-haul telecommunication to chip-to-chip interconnects. As one type of key component in integrated optical interconnect and high-performance computing, optical modulators have been well developed these past few years, including ultrahigh-speed microring and microdisk modulators. In this paper, a comparison between microring and microdisk modulators is well analyzed in terms of dimensions, static and dynamic power consumption, and fabrication tolerance. The results show that microdisks have advantages over microrings in these aspects, which gives instructions to the chip design of high-density integrated systems for optical interconnects and optical computing.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Mar 12, 2018
- Source ID
- 10.1063/1.5019590
Entities
People
- David Z Pan
- Ray T Chen
- Richard Soref
- Shounak Dhar
- Zheng Wang
- Zheng Zhao
- Zhoufeng Ying
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- University of Massachusetts
- University of Texas at Austin