Abstract
We demonstrate an integrated transmitter with a robust silicon nitride coarse wavelength division multiplexing 4-lane (CWDM4) filter and 4 high-speed Mach-Zehnder modulators (MZM). The fabrication-tolerant CWDM4 filter comprises two-stage cascaded asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometers (AMZI) utilizing multi-sectional phase shifters. This design eliminates the spectral shifts induced by manufacturing linewidth variabilities. Experimental results show a good match of the operating wavelengths with predefined values. The insertion loss is
$<$
−0.72 dB, and crosstalk is
$<$
−13.17 dB over four operating wavelengths. The temperature dependence is 16.3 pm/
$^{\circ }$
C. The 3-mm long silicon photonic MZM exhibits electro-optical bandwidths of 32.88 GHz at −3 V and 36.68 GHz at −7 V. The half wave voltage is measured to be 4.97 V. Transmissions of 4 × 100 Gbps pulse amplitude modulation-4 (PAM4) signals, and 4 × 70 Gbps non-return to zero-on-off keying (NRZ-OOK) signals were successfully carried out. The proposed transmitter with the robust CWDM4 design offers a practical solution for Ethernet networks in data centers and has the potential for future optical communications in high-performance computing systems.
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