Title :
Electro-optic modulator on silicon-on-insulator substrates using ring resonators
Author :
Pradhan, S. ; Schmidt, B. ; Martinez, L. ; Xu, Q. ; Almeida, V.R. ; Barrios, C. ; Lipson, M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We study a compact electro-optic modulator using high-index contrast silicon ring resonators on silicon-on-insulator substrate. Optical modulation is achieved using the plasma dispersion effect due to current injection under forward bias of a p-i-n junction.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; optical resonators; silicon-on-insulator; Si-SiO2; current injection; electro-optic modulator; high-index contrast silicon ring resonators; optical modulation; p-i-n junction; plasma dispersion effect; silicon-on-insulator substrates; Dispersion; Electrooptic modulators; Equations; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical refraction; Optical ring resonators; Optical sensors; Refractive index; Silicon on insulator technology;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201692
