• DocumentCode
    688931
  • Title

    Modulating silicon resonators beyond the linewidth limit

  • Author

    Tzuang, Lawrence D. ; Soltani, Mahdi ; Lipson, Michal

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We overcome the resonance linewidth limit in silicon ring modulators using photonic transitions between neighboring resonances. As an example, we demonstrate a silicon ring modulated at >20 GHz beyond its resonance linewidth of 11.5 GHz.
  • Keywords
    optical modulation; optical resonators; silicon; Si; photonic transitions; resonance linewidth limit; silicon resonators; silicon ring modulators; Couplings; Frequency modulation; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Resonant frequency; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833310