36 Gb/s operation of a BICMOS driver and INP EAM using foundry platforms

Marija Trajkovic; Xi Zhang; Fabrice Blache; Karim Mekhazni; Marion K. Matters-Kammerer; Helene Debregeas; Xaveer J.M. Leijtens; Kevin A. Williams

doi:10.1049/cp.2019.1081

36 Gb/s operation of a BICMOS driver and INP EAM using foundry platforms

Marija Trajkovic, Xi Zhang, Fabrice Blache, Karim Mekhazni, Marion K. Matters-Kammerer, Helene Debregeas, Xaveer J.M. Leijtens, Kevin A. Williams

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Abstract

We demonstrate a clear eye-diagram at 36 Gb/s of a BiCMOS driver directly wire-bonded to an InP electro-absorption modulator (EAM) both fabricated through foundry platforms. The driver is fabricated in a 0.25 µm SiGe:C BiCMOS technology and delivers a maximum of 2 V_p-_p amplitude when single-ended. The driver is DC-coupled to the modulator, simplifying the electronic-photonic assembly. The EAM operates in the L-band at 1590 nm, with a DC bias set at -1.6 V for on-off keying nonreturn to zero modulation. We measure the operation from 10 to 40 Gb/s, recording the dynamic extinction ratio from 5 to 3 dB, respectively. The use of foundry platforms does not require any fabrication process change and offers a wide spectrum of high-performance photonic-electronic integrated circuits.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	45th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2019)
Publisher	Institution of Engineering and Technology
Pages	1-3
Number of pages	3
Volume	1
ISBN (Print)	978-1-83953-185-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2019.1081
Publication status	Published - 30 Jun 2020
Event	45th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2019) - Dublin, Ireland Duration: 22 Sept 2019 → 26 Sept 2019 Conference number: 45 https://www.ecoc2019.org/

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Name	IET Conference Publications
Volume	CP765

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Conference	45th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2019)
Abbreviated title	ECOC 2019
Country/Territory	Ireland
City	Dublin
Period	22/09/19 → 26/09/19
Internet address	https://www.ecoc2019.org/

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Funding Information:
The first two authors contributed equally to the presented work. The authors would like to thank the European Commission for funding this research through projects FP7-PEOPLE under grant agreement no 317316, the H2020 project WIPE under grant agreement no 688572, and the Dutch Stimulus OPZuid programme through the Open Innovation Photonic ICs project (PROJ-00315).

Funding

The first two authors contributed equally to the presented work. The authors would like to thank the European Commission for funding this research through projects FP7-PEOPLE under grant agreement no 317316, the H2020 project WIPE under grant agreement no 688572, and the Dutch Stimulus OPZuid programme through the Open Innovation Photonic ICs project (PROJ-00315).

Keywords

Driver Circuits
Optical Modulation
Photonic Integrated Circuits

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Trajkovic, M., Zhang, X., Blache, F., Mekhazni, K., Matters-Kammerer, M. K., Debregeas, H., Leijtens, X. J. M., & Williams, K. A. (2020). 36 Gb/s operation of a BICMOS driver and INP EAM using foundry platforms. In 45th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2019) (Vol. 1, pp. 1-3). Article 9125809 (IET Conference Publications; Vol. CP765). Institution of Engineering and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2019.1081

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Trajkovic, M, Zhang, X, Blache, F, Mekhazni, K, Matters-Kammerer, MK, Debregeas, H, Leijtens, XJM & Williams, KA 2020, 36 Gb/s operation of a BICMOS driver and INP EAM using foundry platforms. in 45th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2019). vol. 1, 9125809, IET Conference Publications, vol. CP765, Institution of Engineering and Technology, pp. 1-3, 45th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2019), Dublin, Ireland, 22/09/19. https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2019.1081

36 Gb/s operation of a BICMOS driver and INP EAM using foundry platforms. / Trajkovic, Marija; Zhang, Xi; Blache, Fabrice et al.
45th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2019). Vol. 1 Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2020. p. 1-3 9125809 (IET Conference Publications; Vol. CP765).

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36 Gb/s operation of a BICMOS driver and INP EAM using foundry platforms

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