A 33mW 100Gbps CMOS Silicon Photonic WDM Transmitter Using Off-Chip Laser Sources

Abstract

We report an ultra-low power 100Gbps silicon photonic WDM transmitter tunable with off-chip laser sources. The hybrid CMOS transmitter consists of eight 12.6Gbps WDM channels and consumes a total on-chip power of 33mW.