DocumentCode :
1076471
Title :
Silicon Organic Hybrid Technology—A Platform for Practical Nonlinear Optics
Author :
Leuthold, Juerg ; Freude, Wolfgang ; Brosi, Jan-Michael ; Baets, Roel ; Dumon, Pieter ; Biaggio, Ivan ; Scimeca, Michelle L. ; Diederich, François ; Frank, Brian ; Koos, Christian
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photonics & Quantum Electron., Univ. of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
Volume :
97
Issue :
7
fYear :
2009
fDate :
7/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
1304
Lastpage :
1316
Abstract :
A cost-effective route to build electrically as well as optically controlled modulators in silicon photonics is reviewed. The technology enables modulation at bit rates beyond 100 Gbit/s. This platform relies on the well-established silicon-based complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor processing technology for fabricating silicon-on-insulator (SOI) waveguides, while an organic cladding layer adds the required nonlinearity. The strength of this hybrid technology is discussed, and two key devices in communications are exemplarily regarded in more detail. The first device demonstrates demultiplexing of a 120 Gbit/s signal by means of four-wave mixing in a slot-waveguide that has been filled with a highly nonlinear chi(3)-organic material. The second device is a 100 Gbit/s/1 V electrooptic modulator based on a slow-light SOI photonic crystal covered with a chi(2) -nonlinear organic material.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; demultiplexing; electro-optical modulation; multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; optical fibre fabrication; optical materials; photonic crystals; silicon-on-insulator; slow light; JkJk:Si; SOI waveguides; bit rate 100 Gbit/s; bit rate 120 Gbit/s; complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor processing; demultiplexing; electrooptic modulator; four-wave mixing; high-nonlinear organic material; nonlinear optics; organic cladding layer; photonic crystal; silicon organic hybrid technology; silicon photonics; silicon-on-insulator; slow-light; Bit rate; Demultiplexing; Four-wave mixing; Nonlinear optics; Optical control; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Silicon on insulator technology; Nonlinear optics; phase modulators; silicon-on-insulator technology;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9219
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/JPROC.2009.2016849
Filename :
5075753
Link To Document :
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