80-micron Interaction Length Silicon Nano-Photonic Crystal Waveguide Modulator

Author

Jiang, Yongqiang ; Jiang, Wei ; Lanlan Gu ; Chen, Xiaonan ; Chen, Ray T.

Author_Institution

Microelectron. Res. Center, Texas Univ., Austin, TX

fYear

2006

fDate

Oct. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

16

Abstract

An ultra-compact silicon electro-optic modulator is experimentally demonstrated based on silicon photonic crystal (PhC) waveguides for the first time to our knowledge. Modulation operation was demonstrated by carrier injection into an 80 Â¿m-long silicon PhC waveguide of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) structure. The modulation depth operating at 1567 nm is 92%. The phase shift driving current, I, across the active region is as low as 0.15 mA, which is equivalent to a V of 7.5 mV when a 50 impedance-mate structure is applied.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; electro-optical modulation; nanostructured materials; optical materials; optical waveguides; phase modulation; photonic crystals; silicon; 1567 nm; 80 micron; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; active region; carrier injection; group velocity; modulation depth; phase modulation; phase shift driving current; plasma dispersion effect; silicon electro-optic modulator; silicon nanophotonic crystal waveguide modulator; Electrooptic modulators; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Phase modulation; Photonic crystals; Photonic integrated circuits; Silicon; Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI); Photonic crystal (PhC); carrier injection; group velocity; optical modulator; phase modulation; plasma dispersion effect;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication & Optoelectronic Exposition & Conference, 2006. AOE 2006. Asian

Conference_Location

Shanghai, China

Print_ISBN

978-0-9789217-0-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AOE.2006.307344

Filename

4100054