Affiliation:
1. Chinese Academy of Sciences
2. University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Abstract
We propose an integrated W-band transmitter enabled by an integrated dual-mode distributed feedback (DFB) laser and cascaded silicon photonic microring modulators for next-generation wireless communication. 10 Gb/s error-free intensity modulation and direct detection W-band transmission are achieved in experiments by using the dual-mode DFB laser and two free-running lasers. Moreover, we conduct an experiment of dual-carrier modulation based on cascaded microring modulators, achieving 3 dB signal-to-noise ratio improvement and better signaling integrity for wireless communication. The proposed photonic integrated W-band transmitter will be a viable solution for a high-speed and low-power wireless communication system.
Funder
National Key Research and Development Program of China
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Subject
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials