Title :
Ultra-low power fiber-coupled gallium arsenide photonic crystal cavity electro-optic modulator
Author :
Shambat, Gary ; Ellis, Bryan ; Majumdar, Arka ; Vuckovic, Jelena
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate electro-optic modulation in a GaAs laterally doped photonic crystal cavity diode with ultra-low switching energy of several fJ/bit. A short non-radiative carrier lifetime allows fast switching with an upper threshold of 100 GHz.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; carrier lifetime; electro-optical modulation; gallium arsenide; photonic crystals; GaAs; electro-optic modulation; frequency 100 GHz; laterally doped photonic crystal cavity diode; nonradiative carrier lifetime; ultra-low power fiber-coupled gallium arsenide photonic crystal cavity electro-optic modulator; ultra-low switching energy; Cavity resonators; Electrooptic modulators; Electrooptical waveguides; Gallium arsenide; Optical fiber dispersion; Photonic crystals;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
