Title :
Athermal Sub-100 μm Si photonic crystal optical modulator
Author :
Nguyen, Huan C. ; Yazawa, Naoya ; Hashimoto, Shuji ; Baba, Toshihiko
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Yokohama Nat. Univ., Yokohama, Japan
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Abstract :
We demonstrate athermal operation at 10 Gb/s, across 19-124°C, in a 90 μm Si photonic crystal optical modulator. This is enabled by low-dispersion slow-light and the resulting 17.9 nm spectral operating bandwidth.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; optical dispersion; optical modulation; photonic crystals; silicon; slow light; Si; athermal operation; athermal photonic crystal optical modulator; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; low-dispersion slow-light; size 90 mum; spectral operating bandwidth; temperature 19 degC to 124 degC; Bandwidth; Optical device fabrication; Optical modulation; Photonic crystals; Silicon; Temperature distribution;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600261
