Title :
Ultralow power consumption of 1.5nW over wide optical spectrum range in silicon organic hybrid modulator
Author :
Xingyu Zhang ; Hosseini, Amir ; 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 an ultralow-power, low-dispersion and compact silicon-organic-hybrid photonic crystal waveguide modulator. RF power consumption of 1.5nW, effective in-device r33 of 1190pm/V and Vπ×L of 0.291±0.006V×mm over 8nm optical bandwidth are demonstrated.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; elemental semiconductors; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; power consumption; silicon; RF power consumption; Si; optical bandwidth; optical spectrum range; power 1.5 nW; silicon-organic-hybrid photonic crystal waveguide modulator; ultralow power consumption; Electrooptic modulators; Electrooptical waveguides; Polymers; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA