Title :
Enhancing the performance of carrier depletion based silicon electro-optical modulators via slow light propagation
Author :
Brimont, A. ; Thomson, D.J. ; Sanchis, P. ; Herrera, J. ; Gardes, F.Y. ; Fedeli, J.M. ; Reed, G.T. ; Martí, J.
Author_Institution :
Nanophotonics Technol. Center, Univ. Politec. de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Abstract :
Slow light enhancement via a nanostructured one-dimensional (1D) periodic waveguide is exploited to demonstrate up to 40 Gb/s modulation in a CMOS compatible 500 μm-long silicon electro-optical device based on carrier depletion in a pn junction.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; elemental semiconductors; optical waveguides; silicon; slow light; Si; carrier depletion based silicon electro-optical modulators; nanostructured one-dimensional periodic waveguide; pn junction; silicon electro-optical device; size 500 mum; slow light enhancement; slow light propagation; Erbium; Indexes; Phase modulation; Phase shifters; Silicon; Slow light;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2011 8th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8338-9
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2011.6053829
