Title :
High speed travelling wave carrier depletion silicon Mach-Zehnder modulator
Author :
DeRose, Christopher T. ; Trotter, Douglas C. ; Zortman, William A. ; Watts, Michael R.
Author_Institution :
Appl. Photonic Microsyst., Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
We present the first demonstration of a travelling wave carrier depletion Mach-Zehnder modulator impedance matched to 50 Ω. This device has a bandwidth of 24 GHz and a halfwave voltage length product of 0.7 V-cm, placing it among the best in its class.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; elemental semiconductors; impedance matching; optical modulation; silicon; Si; bandwidth 24 GHz; impedance matching; resistance 50 ohm; travelling wave carrier depletion Mach-Zehnder modulator; Bandwidth; Capacitance; Impedance; Indexes; Modulation; P-n junctions; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Interconnects Conference, 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Santa Fe, NM
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1620-1
DOI :
10.1109/OIC.2012.6224486
