Silicon Photonic Deserialization for Energy Efficient Links
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Abrams, Nathan C.; Polster, Robert; Oikonomou, Michail; Dai, Liang Yuan; Bergman, Keren
- Source
- 2018 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2018 Conference on. :1-2 May, 2018
- Subject
- General Topics for Engineers
Photonics and Electrooptics
Optical fiber communication
Optical switches
Optical receivers
Optical sensors
Optical modulation
- Language
We develop a novel optical deserialization system in silicon photonics to reduce electrical deserialization power consumption and improve receiver sensitivity. Results demonstrate a path to increasing receiver sensitivity by 2.5 dB with improved modulators.