• DocumentCode
    1667603
  • Title

    Broadly tunable high speed silicon micro-ring modulator

  • Author

    Dong, Po ; Shafiiha, Roshanak ; Liao, Shirong ; Liang, Hong ; Kung, Cheng-Chih ; Qian, Wei ; Feng, Dazeng ; Li, Guoliang ; Zheng, Xuezhe ; Krishnamoorthy, Ashok V. ; Asghari, Mehdi

  • Author_Institution
    Kotura Inc., Monterey Park, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    197
  • Lastpage
    198
  • Abstract
    We present a high speed silicon micro-ring modulator with a tunable resonant wavelength enabled by a local heater. With a ~46 mW thermal tuning power, the working wavelength can expend to more than 100 nm.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; micro-optics; optical modulation; silicon; thermo-optical devices; Si; broadly tunable high speed silicon microring modulator; local heater; thermal tuning power; tunable resonant wavelength; Energy consumption; Heating; Modulation; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Silicon; Tuning;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2010 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Playa del Carmen
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3730-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3731-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHOSST.2010.5553682
  • Filename
    5553682