Title :
Silicon Photonic Crystal Waveguide Modulators
Author :
Lanlan Gu ; Wei Jiang ; Xiaonan Chen ; Chen, R.T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Texas Univ., Austin, TX
Abstract :
Ultra-compact silicon-photonic-crystal-waveguide-based thermo-optic and electro-optical Mach-Zehnder interferometers have been proposed and fabricated. Thermal and electrical simulations have been performed. Experimental results were in a good agreement with the theoretical prediction
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; electro-optical modulation; elemental semiconductors; optical fabrication; optical materials; optical waveguide components; photonic crystals; silicon; thermo-optical devices; electrical simulation; electro-optical Mach-Zehnder interferometers; fabricated ultra-compact silicon photonic crystal waveguide modulator; thermal simulation; thermo-optic Mach-Zehnder interferometers; High speed optical techniques; Microelectronics; Optical interferometry; Optical materials; Optical modulation; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Scanning electron microscopy; Silicon; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2006. 3rd IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0096-1
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2006.1708159
