Title :
Design of compact silicon optical modulator using Photonic Crystal MZI structure
Author :
Han, Tae Yong ; Lee, Hyun Shik ; Lee, El-Hang
Author_Institution :
Micro/Nano-Photonics Adv. Res. Center, Inha Univ., Incheon
Abstract :
We designed a compact silicon optical modulator using photonic crystal(PhC) Mach-Zehnder interferometer(MZI), where we reduced the length of the modulator by using slow light phenomenon which causes effective phase difference in the MZI.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; elemental semiconductors; optical modulation; phase modulation; photonic crystals; silicon; Si; compact silicon optical modulator; phase difference; photonic crystal Mach-Zehnder interferometer; slow light phenomenon; Electrooptic modulators; Optical design; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical waveguides; Phase modulation; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals; Polymers; Silicon; MZI; Silicon photonics; Slow light; optical modulator; photonic band gap(PBG); photonic crystal(PhC);
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2008 5th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cardiff
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1769-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1768-1
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2008.4638182
