• DocumentCode
    2404592
  • Title

    1.3μm hybrid silicon electroabsorption modulator

  • Author

    Tang, Yongbo ; Peters, Jonathan D. ; Bowers, John E.

  • Author_Institution
    ECE Dept., Univ. of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    20-23 May 2012
  • Firstpage
    16
  • Lastpage
    17
  • Abstract
    A high speed, efficient hybrid silicon electroabsorption modulator working at 1.3 μm is demonstrated. This device has a bandwidth of 32 GHz, an extinction ratio of over 5 dB/V across 30 nm wavelength span and a footprint of 150 μm x 350 μm.
  • Keywords
    electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; optical communication equipment; optical interconnections; silicon; Si; bandwidth 32 GHz; extinction ratio; hybrid silicon electroabsorption modulator; optical interconnects; wavelength 1.3 mum; Bandwidth; Extinction ratio; Optical modulation; Optical waveguides; Resistance; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Interconnects Conference, 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Santa Fe, NM
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1620-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OIC.2012.6224470
  • Filename
    6224470