Title :
High performance depletion-mode silicon modulators
Author :
Liow, Tsung-Yang ; Tu, Xiaoguang ; Fang, Qing ; Xiong, Yong-Zhong ; Song, Junfeng ; Yu, Mingbin ; Lo, Guo-Qiang ; Kwong, Dim-Lee
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Microelectron., A*STAR (Agency for Sci., Technol. & Res.), Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
Depletion mode silicon modulators with an extinction ratio of >;10 dB at 12.5 Gbps and a phase-shifter optical loss of 4 dB is reported. A novel technique further reduces the optical loss, bridging the performance gap between silicon and LiNbO3 modulators.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; lithium compounds; optical losses; optical modulation; optical phase shifters; silicon; LiNbO3; Si; high performance depletion-mode silicon modulators; loss 4 dB; phase-shifter optical loss; Doping; Optical losses; Optical modulation; Optical waveguides; Phase modulation; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2011 8th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8338-9
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2011.6053702
