DocumentCode
1876560
Title
Optimization of stress-induced pockels effect in silicon waveguides for optical modulators
Author
Aleali, Alireza ; Danxia Xu ; Schmid, Jens H. ; Cheben, Pavel ; Ye, Winnie N.
Author_Institution
Nat. Res. Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
fYear
2013
fDate
28-30 Aug. 2013
Firstpage
109
Lastpage
110
Abstract
A method for the optimization of strain-induced Pockels effect in silicon waveguides is proposed. We introduce a new figure of merit and show a 35% enhancement in FOM compared to most efficient reported devices.
Keywords
Pockels effect; elemental semiconductors; optical modulation; optical waveguides; silicon; Si; optical modulators; optimization; silicon waveguides; stress-induced Pockels effect; Electrooptic effects; Electrooptic modulators; Electrooptical waveguides; Silicon; Strain; Electro-Optic Effect; Modulator; Pockels Effect; Silicon; Strain;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2013 IEEE 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Seoul
ISSN
1949-2081
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-5803-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/Group4.2013.6644453
Filename
6644453
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