Title :
Tunable high speed silicon microring modulator
Author :
Dong, Po ; Liao, Shirong ; Feng, Dazeng ; Liang, Hong ; Shafiiha, Roshanak ; Feng, Ning-Ning ; Li, Guoliang ; Zheng, Xuezhe ; Krishnamoorthy, Ashok V. ; Asghari, Mehdi
Author_Institution :
Kotura Inc., Monterey Park, CA, USA
Abstract :
We present a 12.5 Gbps silicon micro-ring modulator achieved by carrier depletion in a lateral pn diode. Tunability of the resonant wavelength is accomplished by means of a microheater, with an efficiency of 2.36 mW/nm.
Keywords :
Bandwidth; Doping; Heating; High speed optical techniques; Optical interconnections; Optical modulation; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Resonance; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
