• DocumentCode
    1959371
  • Title

    Enhancing the performance of carrier depletion based silicon electro-optical modulators via slow light propagation

  • Author

    Brimont, A. ; Thomson, D.J. ; Sanchis, P. ; Herrera, J. ; Gardes, F.Y. ; Fedeli, J.M. ; Reed, G.T. ; Martí, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Nanophotonics Technol. Center, Univ. Politec. de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    14-16 Sept. 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Slow light enhancement via a nanostructured one-dimensional (1D) periodic waveguide is exploited to demonstrate up to 40 Gb/s modulation in a CMOS compatible 500 μm-long silicon electro-optical device based on carrier depletion in a pn junction.
  • Keywords
    electro-optical modulation; elemental semiconductors; optical waveguides; silicon; slow light; Si; carrier depletion based silicon electro-optical modulators; nanostructured one-dimensional periodic waveguide; pn junction; silicon electro-optical device; size 500 mum; slow light enhancement; slow light propagation; Erbium; Indexes; Phase modulation; Phase shifters; Silicon; Slow light;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2011 8th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    London
  • ISSN
    1949-2081
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8338-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/GROUP4.2011.6053829
  • Filename
    6053829
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1959371