Title :
Energy use in optical modulators
Author :
Miller, David A B
Author_Institution :
Ginzton Lab., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA
Abstract :
We analyze energy per bit in optical modulators including capacitive and photocurrent dissipations and predict particularly low energy for low-voltage electroabsorption modulators.
Keywords :
cooling; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; photoconductivity; photoemission; capacitive dissipations; energy use; low energy; low-voltage electroabsorption modulators; optical modulators; photocurrent dissipations; Optical interconnections; Optical modulation; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Photoconductivity; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Interconnects Conference, 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Santa Fe, NM
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1620-1
DOI :
10.1109/OIC.2012.6224442
