[CTuA11D] Silicon Photonics

[CTuA11D-02] Optimized Design of Inductive-peaking Si Microring Modulator for Operating Bandwidth over 65 GHz.

*Hsiang-Chih Kao^1,2, Ming-Wei Lin², Ming-Chang Lee^1,3 (1. Institute of Photonics Technologies,National Tsinghua Univ. (Taiwan), 2. Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute (Taiwan), 3. Department of Electrical Engineering, National Tsing Hua Univ. (Taiwan))

[Presentation Style] Online

We design a high-speed inductive-peaking Si microring modulator integrated with an on-chip spiral inductor to extend the 3dB operating bandwidth beyond 65GHz and increase the conversion gain by 5 dB. A 64Gb/s transmission is demonstrated.