Title :
Lithium niobate photonics on silicon substrates
Author :
Rabiei, Payam ; Jichi Ma ; Chiles, Jeff ; Khan, Saeed ; Fathpour, Sasan
Author_Institution :
Partow Technol. LLC, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
A novel platform for lithium-niobate-on-silicon photonics is developed. High-index-contrast submicron waveguides, microring resonators and optical modulators are demonstrated on the platform. The Y-cut lithium niobate Mach-Zehnder modulators have a record-low half-voltage length-product of 4 V-cm.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; lithium compounds; micro-optics; optical modulation; optical resonators; optical waveguides; silicon; LiNbO3-Si; Y-cut lithium niobate Mach-Zehnder modulators; high-index-contrast submicron waveguides; lithium-niobate-on-silicon photonics; microring resonators; optical modulators; silicon substrates; Lithium niobate; Modulation; Optical device fabrication; Optical films; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995327