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

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Author(s): M. Lamy ¹ ; C. Finot ¹ ; J. Fatome ¹ ; M. Brun ² ; P. Labeye ² ; S. Nicolleti ² ; A. Bogris ³ ; D. Syvridis ³ ; M.A. Ettabib ⁴ ; D.J. Richardson ⁴ ; P. Petropoulos ⁴ ; K. Hammani ¹
- Affiliations: 1: Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne (ICB), UMR 6303 CNRS –Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 9 Avenue Alain Savary, BP 47870, 21078 Dijon Cedex, France ;
  2: CEA-Leti MINATEC Campus, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38054, Grenoble Cedex 9, France ;
  3: Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Ilissia 15784, Athens, Greece ;
  4: Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 IBJ, United Kingdom
Source: Volume 53, Issue 17, 17 August 2017, p. 1213 – 1214
DOI: 10.1049/el.2017.1961 , Print ISSN 0013-5194, Online ISSN 1350-911X

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.

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