Title :
Energy scaling in silicon photonic data encoding
Author_Institution :
Center for Opt. Technol., Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA, USA
Abstract :
Analytical lower energy limits are established for optical interferometric modulation based on free-carrier plasma index change, then augmented with (1) optically-resonant modulation, or (2) resonantly (bound charge) mediated index change. When combined these suggest the possibility of single electron modulation, but saturation effects are significant.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; encoding; integrated optoelectronics; light interferometry; optical resonators; silicon; analytical lower energy limits; energy scaling; free-carrier plasma index change; optical interferometric modulation; optically-resonant modulation; resonantly mediated index change; silicon photonic data encoding; single electron modulation; Adaptive optics; Indexes; Optical imaging; Optical modulation; Optical resonators; Optical saturation; Integrated Optoelectronics; Nanophotonics; Optical Modulation; Silicon photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2011 8th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8338-9
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2011.6053733
