• DocumentCode
    2472289
  • Title

    High speed optical modulation in Ge quantum wells using quantum confined stark effect

  • Author

    Rong, Yiwen ; Ge, Yangsi ; Huo, Yijie ; Fiorentino, Marco ; Kamins, Theodore I. ; Ochalski, Tomasz ; Thylen, Lars ; Chacinski, Marek ; Harris, James S.

  • Author_Institution
    Solid State & Photonics Lab., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    9-11 Sept. 2009
  • Firstpage
    157
  • Lastpage
    159
  • Abstract
    We designed the coplanar high-speed modulator with Ge/SiGe quantum wells, and demonstrated 25 GHz of modulation with 3.125 GHz of eye diagram using quantum-confined Stark effect.
  • Keywords
    Ge-Si alloys; elemental semiconductors; germanium; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; optical design techniques; optical modulation; quantum confined Stark effect; quantum well devices; semiconductor materials; semiconductor quantum wells; Ge-SiGe; coplanar high-speed modulator; eye diagram; germanium quantum wells; high speed optical modulation; modulator design; quantum confined Stark effect; Etching; Germanium silicon alloys; High speed optical techniques; Microwave photonics; Optical buffering; Optical design; Optical modulation; Potential well; Silicon germanium; Stark effect;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Group IV Photonics, 2009. GFP '09. 6th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • ISSN
    1949-2081
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4402-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1949-2081
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/GROUP4.2009.5338333
  • Filename
    5338333