Title :
Optimization for electro-optic modulation efficiency of silicon-oninsulator waveguide devices with an adjustable pn-junction
Author :
DeGui Sun ; Peng Liu ; Hall, Trevor J.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Res. in Photonics, Univ. of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Abstract :
For the free-carrier dispersion effect based silicon-on-insulator high-speed electro-optic devices, the critic tension between the effective refractive index modulation and the space is analyzed and the modulation efficiency is optimized with an adjustable pn-junction.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; integrated optoelectronics; optical dispersion; optical waveguides; p-n junctions; refractive index; silicon-on-insulator; Si; adjustable pn-junction; critic tension; electro-optic modulation efficiency; free-carrier dispersion; optimization; refractive index modulation; silicon-on-insulator high-speed electro-optic devices; silicon-on-insulator waveguide devices; Electrooptical waveguides; Optical modulation; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Refractive index; Thyristors; Free-carrier dispersion effect; adjustable pn-junction; effective refractive index modulation; silicon-on-insulator waveguide; space charge region;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2013 IEEE 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5803-3
DOI :
10.1109/Group4.2013.6644485
