• DocumentCode
    2094481
  • Title

    Silicon on insulator modulator structures for data rates of 40 Gb/s and above

  • Author

    Gardes, Frederic Y. ; Thomson, David J. ; Reed, Graham T. ; Fedeli, J.-M. ; O´Faolain, L. ; Debnath, Kapil ; Krauss, Thomas F. ; Lever, L. ; Ikonic, Zoran ; Kelsall, R.W.

  • Author_Institution
    ECS/ORC, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    7-10 Nov. 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    In this work we describe carrier depletion MZI and ring modulators, cavity structures for modulation enhancement and QCSE modulators, all of which are under development as part of the UK Silicon Photonics project and the European HELIOS project.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical modulation; silicon-on-insulator; European HELIOS project; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; QCSE modulators; UK Silicon Photonics project; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; carrier depletion; cavity structures; modulation enhancement; ring modulators; silicon on insulator modulator structures;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), 2012 Asia
  • Conference_Location
    Guangzhou
  • ISSN
    2162-108X
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-6274-0
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6510820