Title :
Compact athermal electro-optic modulator design based on SOI off-axis microring resonator
Author :
Haldar, Raktim ; Banik, Abhik Datta ; Sanathanan, M.S. ; Varshney, S.K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Commun. Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol. Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India
Abstract :
In this work, we propose efficient electro-optic modulation using compact SOI off-axis microring resonator. We show that adding an extra off-axis inner-ring in conventional microring structure provides control to compensate thermal effects on electro-optic modulator.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; integrated optics; micro-optics; microcavities; optical design techniques; optical resonators; silicon-on-insulator; SOI off-axis microring resonator; Si; compact athermal electro-optic modulator design; electro-optic modulation; microring structure; off-axis inner-ring; thermal effects; Electrooptic effects; Electrooptic modulators; Electrooptical waveguides; Refractive index; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
