Abstract
We show a silicon electro-optic modulator design based on coupled microring resonators that relaxes the trade-off between optical bandwidth and power consumption in resonator-based modulators. It enables 40-Gbit/s modulation without a pre-emphasized driving signal.
© 2010 Optical Society of America
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