• DocumentCode
    159393
  • Title

    Low-αVπL. 25-Gb/s silicon modulator based on forward-biased pin diodes

  • Author

    Baba, Toshihiko ; Akiyama, Soramichi ; Imai, Masayoshi ; Horikawa, Tsuyoshi ; Usuki, Tatsuya

  • Author_Institution
    Photonics Electron. Technol. Res. Assoc. (PETRA), Tsukuba, Japan
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    27-29 Aug. 2014
  • Firstpage
    5
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    We developed a 25-Gb/s silicon modulator with 9.83-dB·V αVπL, which is smallest of those operated at 25 Gb/s and higher. We used forward-biased diode operations, which enables small VπL with moderately doped low-loss waveguides.
  • Keywords
    optical losses; optical modulation; optical waveguides; p-i-n photodiodes; silicon; bit rate 25 Gbit/s; forward-biased diode operations; forward-biased pin diodes; low-αVπL silicon modulator; moderately doped low-loss waveguides; small VπL; High-speed optical techniques; Optical modulation; Optical waveguides; Phase modulation; Phase shifters; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2014 IEEE 11th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Paris
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-2282-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/Group4.2014.6962000
  • Filename
    6962000