Minkyu Kim, Min-Hyeong Kim, Youngkwan Jo, Hyun-Kyu Kim, Stefan Lischke, Christian Mai, Lars Zimmermann, Woo-Young Choi, "Silicon electronic–photonic integrated 25 Gb/s ring modulator transmitter with a built-in temperature controller," Photonics Res. 9, 507 (2021)

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- Vol. 9, Issue 4, 507 (2021)

Fig. 1. Block diagram of the silicon photonic WDM transmitter with ring resonators.

Fig. 2. Measured transmission curves and 25 Gb/s eye diagrams for different temperatures.

Fig. 3. (a) Block diagram and (b) fabricated chip photo of the monolithic silicon photonic transmitter with a temperature controller.

Fig. 4. Schematic of the RM driver circuits.

Fig. 5. Schematic of the OMA monitor block.

Fig. 6. Schematic of the temperature sensor ADC.

Fig. 7. Timing diagram for the temperature control operation.

Fig. 8. Simulation results for the temperature control operation with Verilog-A behavior models.

Fig. 9. (a) Photo and (b) block diagram of the measurement setup.

Fig. 10. Measured transmission curve of the RM with different on-chip heater powers.

Fig. 11. (a) Measured I-V curve for the temperature sensor and (b) measured ADC output code with different temperatures.

Fig. 12. Measurement results for heater voltage (V Heater ) and RM OMA (V OMA ) in calibration and lock modes.

Fig. 13. Measurement results in the lock mode with thermal stress showing (a) heater voltage (V Heater ) and (b) 25 Gb/s eye diagrams.
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Table 1. Performance Comparison for Silicon Photonic Transmitters with Ring Modulators and Temperature Controllers

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