Title :
Single silicon microring resonator Mach-Zehnder modulator with low-power consumption using thermo-optic effect
Author :
Gautam, Rajdeep ; Kaneshige, Hiroki ; Yamada, Hitoshi ; Redouane, Katouf ; Arakawa, Taro ; Kokubun, Yasuo
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Eng., Yokohama Nat. Univ., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate a single silicon microring resonator Mach-Zehnder modulator driven by thermo-optic effect. The proposed modulator was fabricated using CMOS process. The modulation characteristics show that the power consumption can be reduced to one fifteenth.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; elemental semiconductors; integrated optoelectronics; low-power electronics; micro-optics; optical modulation; optical resonators; silicon; thermo-optical effects; CMOS process; Mach-Zehnder modulator; Si; low-power consumption; single silicon microring resonator; thermo-optic effect; Couplings; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; Modulation; Optical ring resonators; Silicon; Temperature measurement; Thermooptic effects;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6359253
