Title :
High-speed stacked tunneling PiN electro-optical modulators
Author :
Pengfei Wu ; Shur, M. ; Huang, Zhaoran Rena
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr., Comput., & Syst. Eng, Rensselaer Polytech. Inst., Troy, NY, USA
Abstract :
A novel design of a PiN electro-optical modulator is proposed. A PN junction tunneling structure is inserted into the intrinsic region of the PiN EO modulator. Theoretical study shows a speed improvement of two times.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; optical design techniques; p-n junctions; PN junction tunneling structure; high-speed stacked tunneling pin electro-optical modulators; pin EO modulator; Electrooptic modulators; Junctions; Optical imaging; Optical polarization; Tunneling;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656357
