Invention Application
US20110044573A1 Advanced Modulation Formats for Silicon-Based Optical Modulators
有权
基于硅的光学调制器的高级调制格式
- Patent Title: Advanced Modulation Formats for Silicon-Based Optical Modulators
- Patent Title (中): 基于硅的光学调制器的高级调制格式
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Application No.: US12856144Application Date: 2010-08-13
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Publication No.: US20110044573A1Publication Date: 2011-02-24
- Inventor: Mark Webster , Anujit Shastri , Kalpendu Shastri
- Applicant: Mark Webster , Anujit Shastri , Kalpendu Shastri
- Main IPC: G02F1/035
- IPC: G02F1/035

Abstract:
A silicon-based optical modulator is configured as a multi-segment device that utilizes a modified electrical data input signal format to address phase modulation nonlinearity and attenuation problems associated with free-carrier dispersion-based modulation. The modulator is formed to include M separate segments and a digital signal encoder is utilized to convert an N bit input data signal into a plurality of M drive signals for the M modulator segments, where M≧2N/2. The lengths of the modulator segments may also be adjusted to address the nonlinearity and attenuation problems. Additional phase adjustments may be utilized at the output of the modulator (beyond the combining waveguide).
Public/Granted literature
- US08320720B2 Advanced modulation formats for silicon-based optical modulators Public/Granted day:2012-11-27
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