• DocumentCode
    689140
  • Title

    Design optimization and experimental demonstration of low VπL carrier-depletion silicon Mach-Zehnder modulator

  • Author

    Goykhman, Ilya ; Desiatov, Boris ; Ben-Ezra, S. ; Shappir, Joseph ; Levy, Uriel

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Appl. Phys., Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We design, optimize and demonstrate a highly efficient carrier-depletion silicon Mach-Zehnder modulator with very low VπL of ~0.2Vcm. Design consideration, fabrication process and experimental results will be presented.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; electro-optical modulation; integrated optics; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optimisation; silicon; VπL carrier-depletion silicon Mach-Zehnder modulator; optical design optimization; optical fabrication process; Optical device fabrication; Optical imaging; Optical modulation; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833522