• DocumentCode
    2404184
  • Title

    Adiabatic resonant microring (ARM) modulator

  • Author

    Timurdogan, Erman ; Moresco, Michele ; Biberman, Aleksandr ; Sun, Jie ; Zortman, William A. ; Trotter, Douglas C. ; Watts, Michael R.

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    20-23 May 2012
  • Firstpage
    48
  • Lastpage
    49
  • Abstract
    A high-speed adiabatic resonant microring silicon modulator, which simultaneously enables interior electrical contacts, 4-μm diameter, and 6.9-THz free spectral range, is demonstrated with open eye diagrams up to 12Gb/s, and extinction ratios up to 7.3dB.
  • Keywords
    electrical contacts; electro-optical modulation; elemental semiconductors; micro-optics; silicon; Si; adiabatic resonant microring modulator; bit rate 12 Gbit/s; frequency 6.9 THz; interior electrical contact; open eye diagram; size 4 mum; High speed optical techniques; Optical modulation; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Silicon;
  • 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.2012.6224453
  • Filename
    6224453