Join Polariton in the race for 400G per lane

At ECOC Polariton introduces products and services enabling 400G/lane for applications in 1.6T and 3.2T transceivers. Building transceivers with fewer lanes increases yield and product reliability, while reducing the power dissipation at the same time.

Ring resonator modulators (RRMs) with corner frequency about 145 GHz enable communication rates in excess of 200 GBaud PAM4 with is above 400G per lane. Join us at ECOC for more details and getting the preview of the latest published results.

Read our latest press release here: Polariton is Ready for 400G/lane 

An example for driving this is the InfiniBand roadmap by the IBTA, according to which products implementing the GDR standard will be present on the market as of 2027.

Source: InfiniBand Trade Association (IBTA)

Reliability of plasmonic organic electro-optic devices has been dramatically improving in the past. Various papers demonstarte that, and come to the conclusion that he presence of oxygen deteriorates the electro-optic qualities of the otherwise transparent polymers. The deterioration of the material can be easily measured and related to an increase of the modulator V_п.

At ECOC Polariton presents how oxygen presence stresses organic electro-optic material and how encapsulation reduces and eliminates the stress by means of long-term HTS and HTOL tests. Improved encapsulation eliminating the diffusion of oxygen into the active area also largely reduces the susceptinbility to temperature and optical input power.

• W. Heni, Plasmonic Photonic Integrated Circuits: Technology, Performance, Applications, and Future Prospects (ECOC 2024) (link will be added later)

Data will be presented at the talk by Wolfgang Heni and further detailed on demand at the booth of Polariton. Sign an NDA with Polariton and you will receive insights into the ongoing qualification tests. Get in touch with Polariton for further news an insights.

Plasmonic Ring Resonator Modulator Demonstrating IM/DD >400G per lane

Upgraded Talk: Tu1D.1:Tuesday 09/24/2024 at 9 am
Presented by:Tobias Blatter from ETH Zurich, Institute of Electromagnetic Fields (IEF), Zurich, Switzerland.
More info: Converia form ECOC Page

Plasmonic Photonic Integrated Circuits: Technology, Performance, Applications, and Future Prospects

Tu4G.4:Tuesday 09/24/2024 at 4.45 pm
Presented by:Wolfgang Heni from Polariton Technologies AG, Adliswil, Switzerland
More info: Converia from ECOC page

Plasmonic-based devices for ultrafast communication

Th1G.3:Thursday 09/26/2024 at 09.30 am
Presented by:Juerg Leuthold from ETH Zurich
More info: ECOC page

World class performance for 200Gbps PAM4 and 400Gbps PAM4 lanes from electro-optic polymer modulators

Market session:Monday 09/23/2024 at 10 am
Presented by:Michael Lebby from Lightwave Logic Inc
More info: ECOC page

Plasmonic Ring Resonator Modulator Demonstrating IM/DD >400G per lane

Abstract: We demonstrate plasmonic ring resonator modulators operating at 480Gbit/s with AIR of 461Gbit/s in an IM/DD experiment. The modulator features low insertion loss of 1.2 dB, a flat bandwidth in excess of 110 GHz, and represents the first ring modulator with net rates of >400Gbit/s.

Authors: Tobias Blatter⁽¹⁾, Laurenz Kulmer⁽¹⁾, Chenrui Xu^(1,3), Marcel Destraz⁽²⁾, Horst Yannik⁽¹⁾, Benedikt Baeuerle⁽²⁾ and Juerg Leuthold⁽¹⁾
(1) ETH Zurich, Institute of Electromagnetic Fields (IEF), Zurich, Switzerland,
(2) Polariton Technologies AG, Adliswil, Switzerland
(3) Delft University of Technology, CD Delft, Netherlands

Plasmonic Photonic Integrated Circuits: Technology, Performance, Applications, and Future Prospects

Abstract Plasmonic photonic integrated circuits (plasmonic PICs) are a cutting-edge silicon-photonics solution, addressing the demands of the next era’s high-speed integrated photonics. We report newest reliability data, performance and loss statistics, and show how plasmonic modulators enable future optical interconnects of 1.6T, 3.2T and beyond.

Authors: Wolfgang Heni⁽¹⁾, Benedikt Baeuerle⁽¹⁾, Juerg Leuthold^(1,2), and Claudia Hoessbacher⁽¹⁾
(1) Polariton Technologies AG, Adliswil, Switzerland
(2) ETH Zurich, Institute of Electromagnetic Fields (IEF), Zurich, Switzerland

Press release: Polariton is Ready for 400G/lane