• DocumentCode
    3064191
  • 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
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    June 30 2013-July 4 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Kyoto
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600441
  • Filename
    6600441