Title :
Compact Electro-Optic Modulator on Silicon-on-Insulator Substrates Using Cavities with Ultra-Small Modal Volumes
Author :
Schmidt, B. ; Xu, Q. ; Shakya, J. ; Lipson, M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate an electro-optic modulator using a high-index-contrast silicon Fabry-Perot resonator. This compact high-speed device is a 1-D integrated cavity, only 4.53 mum in length with an embedded p-i-n junction on a silicon-on-insulator platform
Keywords :
Fabry-Perot resonators; electro-optical modulation; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optoelectronics; micro-optics; silicon; silicon-on-insulator; 1-D integrated cavity; 4.53 micron; Si-SiO2; compact electro-optic modulator; embedded p-i-n junction; high-speed device; silicon Fabry-Perot resonator; silicon-on-insulator substrates; ultra-small modal volumes; Electrooptic modulators; Optical modulation; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optical ring resonators; Optical variables control; PIN photodiodes; Refractive index; Silicon on insulator technology; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.279101
