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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), 2012 Asia
Conference_Location :
Guangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6274-0
