• DocumentCode
    2094357
  • Title

    Low power consumption Ge/SiGe quantum well optical modulator

  • Author

    Marris-Morini, D. ; Chaisakul, Papichaya ; Rouifed, Mohamed-Said ; Isella, Giovanni ; Chrastina, D. ; Frigerio, Jacopo ; Le Roux, X. ; Edmond, Samson ; Coudevylle, Jean-Rene ; Vivien, L.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. d´Electron. Fondamentale, Univ. Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    7-10 Nov. 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Ge/SiGe quantum well waveguide modulator is demonstrated, working with 1V bias swing, and energy consumption as low as 108 fJ per bit. The modulator shows a 3dB bandwidth of 23 GHz.
  • Keywords
    Ge-Si alloys; Stark effect; integrated optics; optical modulation; optical waveguides; quantum well devices; Ge-SiGe; Stark effect; bandwidth 23 GHz; quantum well optical modulator; quantum well waveguide modulator; voltage 1 V; Ge/SiGe; Quantum-confined Stark effect; multiple quantum well modulators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), 2012 Asia
  • Conference_Location
    Guangzhou
  • ISSN
    2162-108X
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-6274-0
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6510815