2.5 Gbps Electro-optic modulator in deposited silicon

Author

Preston, Kyle ; Manipatruni, Sasikanth ; Poitras, Carl B. ; Lipson, Michal

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We demonstrate GHz-speed electro-optic modulation using microring resonators in a deposited layer of polycrystalline silicon. Active optical devices in a deposited microelectronic material can enable monolithic large-scale integration of photonic networks on a microelectronic chip.

Keywords

electro-optical modulation; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; large scale integration; micro-optomechanical devices; micromechanical resonators; monolithic integrated circuits; optical resonators; silicon; Si; active optical devices; bit rate 2.5 Gbit/s; deposited polycrystalline silicon layer; electro-optic modulator; microelectronic chip; microelectronic material; microring resonators; monolithic large-scale integration; photonic networks; Electrooptic modulators; Gratings; Laser beams; Laser tuning; Optical resonators; Optical surface waves; Quantum cascade lasers; Ring lasers; Silicon; Surface emitting lasers; (130.3120) Integrated optics devices; (130.3130) Integrated optics materials; (230.2090) Electro-optical devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225506