DocumentCode :
2403317
Title :
Extremely low Vπ×L slow light photonic crystal modulator with GHz bandwidth
Author :
Xu, Xiaochuan ; Hosseini, Amir ; Subbaraman, Harish ; Lin, Che-Yun ; Rahimi, Somayeh ; Chen, Ray T.
Author_Institution :
Microelectron. Res. Center, Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
fYear :
2012
fDate :
20-23 May 2012
Firstpage :
133
Lastpage :
134
Abstract :
We demonstrated a GHz bandwidth slow light photonic crystal waveguide based PIN Mach-Zehnder modulator with Vπ×L as low as 0.0464 V mm, which is the lowest figure of merit reported so far.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; electro-optical modulation; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; slow light; PIN Mach-Zehnder modulator; figure of merit; slow light photonic crystal modulator; slow light photonic crystal waveguide; Bandwidth; Couplers; Dispersion; Optical modulation; Photonic crystals; Slow light; Mach-Zehnder modulator; photonic crystal; slow light;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Optical Interconnects Conference, 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Santa Fe, NM
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1620-1
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/OIC.2012.6224410
Filename :
6224410
Link To Document :
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