• DocumentCode
    3015379
  • 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
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    17-19 Sept. 2008
  • Firstpage
    308
  • Lastpage
    310
  • 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);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/GROUP4.2008.4638182
  • Filename
    4638182
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3015379