Title :
High speed silicon modulators
Author :
Chen, Hui-Wen ; Kuo, Ying-hao ; Bowers, John E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
Recent silicon modulator research using ring modulators, electroabsorption modulators, and Mach-Zehnder modulators are reviewed and compared for specific applications.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; elemental semiconductors; high-speed optical techniques; optical materials; silicon; Mach-Zehnder modulator; Si; electroabsorption modulator; high speed silicon modulator; ring modulator; Absorption; Erbium; III-V semiconductor materials; Optical fiber communication; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical resonators; Photonics; Resonant frequency; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009. OECC 2009. 14th
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4102-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4103-7
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2009.5219965
