Title :
Compact Electro-Optic Modulator on Silicon-on-Insulator Substrates using Cavities with Ultra-Small Modal Volumes
Author :
Schmidt, B. ; Xu, Q. ; Shakya, J. ; Lipson, M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate an electro-optic modulator using a high-index-contrast silicon Fabry-Perot resonator. This compact high-speed device is a 1-D integrated cavity, only 4.5 lambda/n in length with an embedded p-i-n junction on a silicon-on-insulator platform
Keywords :
Fabry-Perot resonators; electro-optical modulation; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; semiconductor junctions; silicon; silicon-on-insulator; Si-SiO2; SiO2; high-index-contrast silicon Fabry-Perot resonator; one-dimensional integrated cavity; p-i-n junction; silicon-on-insulator substrates; ultra-compact electro-optic modulator; Electrooptic modulators; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical refraction; Optical ring resonators; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Refractive index; Silicon on insulator technology;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2006. 3rd IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0096-1
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2006.1708158
