• DocumentCode
    2312055
  • Title

    Single silicon microring resonator Mach-Zehnder modulator with low-power consumption using thermo-optic effect

  • Author

    Gautam, Rajdeep ; Kaneshige, Hiroki ; Yamada, Hitoshi ; Redouane, Katouf ; Arakawa, Taro ; Kokubun, Yasuo

  • Author_Institution
    Grad. Sch. of Eng., Yokohama Nat. Univ., Yokohama, Japan
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    23-27 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    834
  • Lastpage
    835
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a single silicon microring resonator Mach-Zehnder modulator driven by thermo-optic effect. The proposed modulator was fabricated using CMOS process. The modulation characteristics show that the power consumption can be reduced to one fifteenth.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; elemental semiconductors; integrated optoelectronics; low-power electronics; micro-optics; optical modulation; optical resonators; silicon; thermo-optical effects; CMOS process; Mach-Zehnder modulator; Si; low-power consumption; single silicon microring resonator; thermo-optic effect; Couplings; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; Modulation; Optical ring resonators; Silicon; Temperature measurement; Thermooptic effects;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Burlingame, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0731-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2012.6359253
  • Filename
    6359253
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2312055