Title :
High-extinction Si photonic-crystal optical modulators at 10 Gb/s
Author :
Yazawa, Naoya ; Nguyen, Huan C. ; 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 optimized the 10 Gb/s operation in Si photonic crystal optical modulators with 50-200 μm long phase shifters. By incorporating additional phase tuners, we obtained over 10 dB extinction ratio and error-free operation.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; extinction coefficients; optical modulation; optical phase shifters; optical tuning; photonic crystals; silicon; Si; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; error-free operation; extinction ratio; high-extinction photonic-crystal optical modulators; phase shifters; phase tuners; size 50 mum to 200 mum; Adaptive optics; Bit error rate; Optical device fabrication; Optical modulation; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600441
