An Energy-Efficient Silicon Microring Resonator-Based Photonic Transmitter

The design of two silicon microring resonator-based photonic transmitters, which were fabricated in the 130-nm SOI process and wire bonded with drivers in the 65-nm CMOS technology, is presented. The data rate of the proposed photonic transmitter can reach up to 9 Gb/s.

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