Integrated lithium niobate electro-optic modulators: when performance meets scalability

M Zhang, C Wang, P Kharel, D Zhu, M Lončar - Optica, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Electro-optic modulators (EOMs) convert signals from the electrical to the optical domain.
They are at the heart of optical communication, microwave signal processing, sensing, and …

Devices and fibers for ultrawideband optical communications

J Renaudier, A Napoli, M Ionescu, C Calo… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) has historically enabled the increase in the
capacity of optical systems by progressively populating the existing optical bandwidth of …

Point-to-multipoint optical networks using coherent digital subcarriers

D Welch, A Napoli, J Bäck, W Sande… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
A paradigm shift in optical communication networks is proposed, with the introduction of a
new ecosystem of devices and components with the capability of transforming current point …

Resonant plasmonic micro-racetrack modulators with high bandwidth and high temperature tolerance

M Eppenberger, A Messner, BI Bitachon, W Heni… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Resonant modulators encode electrical data onto wavelength-multiplexed optical carriers.
Today, silicon microring modulators are perceived as promising to implement such links; …

High-temperature-resistant silicon-polymer hybrid modulator operating at up to 200 Gbit s−1 for energy-efficient datacentres and harsh-environment applications

GW Lu, J Hong, F Qiu, AM Spring, T Kashino… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
To reduce the ever-increasing energy consumption in datacenters, one of the effective
approaches is to increase the ambient temperature, thus lowering the energy consumed in …

A monolithic bipolar CMOS electronic–plasmonic high-speed transmitter

U Koch, C Uhl, H Hettrich, Y Fedoryshyn… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
To address the challenge of increasing data rates, next-generation optical communication
networks will require the co-integration of electronics and photonics. Heterogeneous …

Ultrahigh-net-bitrate 363 Gbit/s PAM-8 and 279 Gbit/s polybinary optical transmission using plasmonic Mach-Zehnder modulator

Q Hu, R Borkowski, Y Lefevre, J Cho… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
We summarize our experimental exploration of the capabilities of an ultrabroad-bandwidth
plasmonic Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM), in an intensity modulation and direct detection …

Design and synthesis of chromophores with enhanced electro-optic activities in both bulk and plasmonic–organic hybrid devices

H Xu, DL Elder, LE Johnson, W Heni, Y de Coene… - Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
This study demonstrates enhancement of in-device electro-optic activity via a series of
theory-inspired organic electro-optic (OEO) chromophores based on strong (diarylamino) …

[HTML][HTML] Plasmonic, photonic, or hybrid? Reviewing waveguide geometries for electro-optic modulators

A Messner, D Moor, D Chelladurai, R Svoboda… - APL Photonics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Electro-optic modulators are key elements in high-speed optical telecommunication links
and preferably rely on materials with a linear electro-optic effect. Choosing adequate …

Modulation format and digital signal processing for IM-DD optics at post-200G era

D Che, X Chen - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
200-Gb/s per lane intensity-modulation (IM) direct-detection (DD) optics are being
commercialized to support 800G and 1.6 T applications inside datacenters. Though IM-DD …