An O-band coherent optical receiver (CORX) is integrated in a 45-nm monolithic CMOS SOI process. The CORX operates to 80 Gbps with FEC-acceptable BER at 1.2 pJ/bit energy efficiency. To our knowledge, this is the first monolithically-integrated Silicon CMOS CORX.
Ghazal MovagharViviana ArrunateguiAaron MaharryEvan ChanskyJunqian LiuHector AndradeClint L. SchowJames F. Buckwalter
S.M. CsutakJ.D. SchaubWei WuJoe C. Campbell
Jie QiClint L. SchowL.D. GarrettJoe C. Campbell
Zhijuan TuPan GongZhiping ZhouXingjun Wang
S.M. CsutakJ.D. SchaubWei WuJoe C. Campbell