• DocumentCode
    3203326
  • Title

    Mach-Zehnder silicon modulator on bulk silicon substrate; toward DRAM optical interface

  • Author

    Shin, D.J. ; Lee, K.H. ; Ji, H.-C. ; Na, K.W. ; Kim, S.G. ; Bok, J.K. ; You, Y.S. ; Kim, S.S. ; Joe, I.S. ; Suh, S.D. ; Pyo, J. ; Shin, Y.H. ; Ha, K.H. ; Park, Y.D. ; Chung, C.H.

  • Author_Institution
    Image Archit. Lab., Samsung Electron., Yongin, South Korea
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    1-3 Sept. 2010
  • Firstpage
    210
  • Lastpage
    212
  • Abstract
    We present a Mach-Zehnder silicon modulator fabricated on a bulk silicon substrate featuring active length of 200 μm, modulation speed up to 5 Gb/s, power consumption of 2 pJ/bit, and extinction ratio of 10 dB.
  • Keywords
    DRAM chips; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; elemental semiconductors; optical design techniques; optical modulation; silicon; substrates; DRAM optical interface; Mach-Zehnder silicon modulator; Si; bulk silicon substrate; power consumption; Optical device fabrication; Optical imaging; Optical interconnections; Optical modulation; Optical waveguides; Silicon; optical interconnect; optical modulation; silicon photonics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2010 7th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Beijing
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6344-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/GROUP4.2010.5643376
  • Filename
    5643376