Title :
Demonstration of effective in-device r33 over 1000 pm/V in electro-optic polymer refilled silicon slot photonic crystal waveguide modulator
Author :
Xingyu Zhang ; Hosseini, Amir ; Che-yun Lin ; Jingdong Luo ; Jen, Alex K.-Y ; Chen, Ray T.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a band engineered slot photonic crystal waveguide refilled with electro-optic (EO) polymer. The combined effects of slow-light and high performance EO polymer makes possible effective in-device r33 of 1012pm/V and Vπ×L of 0.345Vmm.
Keywords :
electro-optical effects; electro-optical modulation; optical polymers; optical waveguides; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; silicon; slow light; EO polymer; band engineering; effective in-device r33; electro-optic polymer refilled silicon; slot photonic crystal waveguide modulator; slow light; Electrooptic modulators; Electrooptical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Polymers; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA