• DocumentCode
    520190
  • Title

    Silicon RF MEMS based optical modulator

  • Author

    Sridaran, Suresh ; Bhave, Sunil A.

  • Author_Institution
    OxideMEMS Lab., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    This paper reports on the co-fabrication of photonic whispering gallery mode disk resonators and RF MEMS radial contour mode resonators on the same SOI substrate. By mechanically coupling the MEMS and photonic resonators, we have demonstrated a silicon RF MEMS based optical modulator which can modulate light with wavelength 1560 nm at 288 MHz.
  • Keywords
    acousto-optical modulation; integrated optics; micromechanical resonators; silicon; silicon-on-insulator; whispering gallery modes; RF MEMS radial contour mode resonators; acousto-optical modulation; frequency 288 MHz; optical modulator; photonic whispering gallery mode disk resonators; wavelength 1560 nm; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optical signal processing; Optical variables control; Radiofrequency microelectromechanical systems; Resonance; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5499756