Title :
Inducing electro-optic photonic transitions for enabling isolation in silicon photonics
Author :
Tzuang, Lawrence ; Poitras, Carl B. ; Lipson, Michal ; Kejie Fang ; Shanhui Fan ; Nussenzveig, Paulo A.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of ECE, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We show approaches for achieving CMOS compatible on-chip isolators. The devices are achieved by inducing photonic GHz electro-optic transitions on a time scale faster than the photon time of flight in the structure.
Keywords :
electro-optical devices; integrated optoelectronics; optical isolators; silicon; CMOS compatible on-chip isolator; Si; electro-optic photonic transition; photonic gigahertz electro-optic transitions; silicon photonic isolation; Electrooptical waveguides; Isolators; Optical interferometry; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Photonics; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5059-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2013.6614495
