Title :
Spot size effects in asymmetric fabry-perot electroabsorption modulators
Author :
Ross M. Audet;Elizabeth H. Edwards;Stephanie A. Claussen;Shen Ren;Rebecca K. Schaevitz;Emel Tas¸yu¨rek;David A. B. Miller
Author_Institution :
Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Abstract :
Simulations of an asymmetric Fabry-Perot modulator reveal degradation of the contrast ratio as the incident spot size is decreased. The minimum practical spot size imposes constraints on the modulator dimensions and hence device capacitance.
Keywords :
"Modulation","Absorption","Fabry-Perot","Optical resonators","Cavity resonators","Silicon germanium","Performance evaluation"
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2010 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3730-6
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2010.5553696
