• DocumentCode
    2403908
  • Title

    Energy use in optical modulators

  • Author

    Miller, David A B

  • Author_Institution
    Ginzton Lab., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    20-23 May 2012
  • Firstpage
    70
  • Lastpage
    71
  • Abstract
    We analyze energy per bit in optical modulators including capacitive and photocurrent dissipations and predict particularly low energy for low-voltage electroabsorption modulators.
  • Keywords
    cooling; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; photoconductivity; photoemission; capacitive dissipations; energy use; low energy; low-voltage electroabsorption modulators; optical modulators; photocurrent dissipations; Optical interconnections; Optical modulation; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Photoconductivity; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Interconnects Conference, 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Santa Fe, NM
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1620-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OIC.2012.6224442
  • Filename
    6224442
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2403908