Title :
Broadly tunable high speed silicon micro-ring modulator
Author :
Dong, Po ; Shafiiha, Roshanak ; Liao, Shirong ; Liang, Hong ; Kung, Cheng-Chih ; Qian, Wei ; Feng, Dazeng ; Li, Guoliang ; Zheng, Xuezhe ; Krishnamoorthy, Ashok V. ; Asghari, Mehdi
Author_Institution :
Kotura Inc., Monterey Park, CA, USA
Abstract :
We present a high speed silicon micro-ring modulator with a tunable resonant wavelength enabled by a local heater. With a ~46 mW thermal tuning power, the working wavelength can expend to more than 100 nm.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; micro-optics; optical modulation; silicon; thermo-optical devices; Si; broadly tunable high speed silicon microring modulator; local heater; thermal tuning power; tunable resonant wavelength; Energy consumption; Heating; Modulation; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Silicon; Tuning;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Playa del Carmen
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3730-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3731-3
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2010.5553682
