Ten gigabit per second optical transmissions at 1.98 µm in centimetre-long SiGe waveguides

• Published in: Electronics letters Vol. 53; no. 17; pp. 1213 - 1214
• Main Authors: Lamy, M, Finot, C, Fatome, J, Brun, M, Labeye, P, Nicolleti, S, Bogris, A, Syvridis, D, Ettabib, M.A, Richardson, D.J, Petropoulos, P, Hammani, K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: The Institution of Engineering and Technology 01.08.2017
• Subjects: bit error rate measurements; centimetre‐long silicon germanium waveguides; error statistics; error‐free transmission; Ge‐Si alloys; light transmission; nonreturn to zero optical signals; optical waveguides; Photonics; SiGe; size 2.5 cm; ten gigabit per second optical transmissions; wavelength 1.3 mum to 2.2 mum; wavelength 1.98 mum; Ge-Si alloys; optical waveguides; error-free transmission; light transmission; bit error rate measurements; centimetre-long silicon germanium waveguides; wavelength 1.98 mum; SiGe; nonreturn to zero optical signals; size 2.5 cm; ten gigabit per second optical transmissions; wavelength 1.3 mum to 2.2 mum; error statistics
• ISSN: 0013-5194; 1350-911X; 1350-911X
• DOI: 10.1049/el.2017.1961

Error-free transmission of 10 Gbit/s non-return to zero optical signals along 2.5 cm long silicon germanium waveguides at a wavelength of 1.98 μm is demonstrated. Bit error rate measurements confirm the absence of penalty during the transmission through a subwavelength of 1.3 and 2.2 μm wide waveguides.