New approaches for energy saving in silicon photonics

Zhiping Zhou; Qingzhong Deng; Tiantian Li; Xinbai Li

doi:10.1117/12.2220701

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14 March 2016 New approaches for energy saving in silicon photonics

Zhiping Zhou, Qingzhong Deng, Tiantian Li, Xinbai Li

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Proceedings Volume 9752, Silicon Photonics XI; 97520L (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2220701
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2016, San Francisco, California, United States

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Low energy operation is a must for using silicon photonic system to replace the conventional electrical interconnection systems. Three energy-saving approaches in silicon photonics are highlighted in this paper: low driving voltage for Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM), negative chirp compensation for MZM-based long-haul transmission, and athermal filter for wavelength division multiplexing (WDM). These methods serve to reduce energy consumption of modulation and WDM, and are thus valuable to the development of future communication systems.

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Zhiping Zhou, Qingzhong Deng, Tiantian Li, and Xinbai Li "New approaches for energy saving in silicon photonics", Proc. SPIE 9752, Silicon Photonics XI, 97520L (14 March 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2220701

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