Title :
A 10Gb/s Mach-Zehnder silicon evanescent modulator
Author :
Chen, Hui-Wen ; Kuo, Ying-hao ; Bowers, John E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a 10 Gb/s Mach-Zehnder silicon evanescent modulator utilizing coplanar waveguide design. The device has a modulation efficiency of 1.5 V-mm and modulation bandwidth of 8 GHz.
Keywords :
optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical modulation; optical planar waveguides; Mach-Zehnder silicon evanescent modulator; Si; coplanar waveguide design; modulation bandwidth; modulation efficiency; Bandwidth; Coplanar waveguides; High speed optical techniques; III-V semiconductor materials; Optical modulation; Optical ring resonators; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Quantum well devices; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2008 5th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cardiff
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1769-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1768-1
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2008.4638078
