title: A 60 Gb/s MDM-WDM Si photonic link with < 0.7 dB power penalty per channel.
abstract: Mode-division-multiplexing (MDM) and wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) are employed simultaneously in a multimode silicon waveguide to realize on-chip MDM and MDM-WDM transmission. Asymmetric Y-junction MDM multiplexers and demultiplexers are utilized for low coherently suppressed demultiplexed crosstalk at the receiver. We demonstrate aggregate bandwidths of 20 Gb/s and 60 Gb/s for MDM and MDM-WDM on-chip links, respectively, with measured 10(-9) BER power penalties between 0.1 dB and 0.7 dB per channel.
authors.forename: Jeffrey B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Driscoll
authors.forename: Christine P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Richard R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Grote
authors.forename: Brian
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authors.lastname: Souhan
authors.forename: Jerry I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Dadap
authors.forename: Aaron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Keren
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bergman
authors.forename: Richard M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Osgood