Title :
Efficient 50-Gb/s silicon microring modulator based on forward-biased pin diodes
Author :
Baba, Toshihiko ; Akiyama, Soramichi ; Imai, Masayoshi ; Hirayama, Naoki ; Takahashi, Hiroki ; Noguchi, Y. ; Horikawa, Tsuyoshi ; Usuki, Tatsuya
Author_Institution :
Photonics Electron. Technol. Res. Assoc. (PETRA, Tsukuba, Japan
Abstract :
We developed a pin-diode silicon microring modulator that used side-wall grating waveguides. Modulator exhibits 0.28- V·cm-VπL at 25 GHz in forward-biased operation mode. We achieved 50-Gb/s operation at a driving voltage of 1.96 volts-peak-to-peak (Vpp).
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; micro-optics; optical modulation; optical waveguides; p-i-n diodes; silicon; Si; bit rate 50 Gbit/s; forward-biased pin diodes; frequency 25 GHz; side-wall grating waveguides; silicon microring modulator; Gratings; Optical ring resonators; Phase modulation; Phase shifters; Photonics; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2013 IEEE 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5803-3
DOI :
10.1109/Group4.2013.6644430