High-speed modulation of a compact silicon ring resonator

Author

Gardes, F.Y. ; Brimont, A. ; Sanchis, P. ; Rasigade, G. ; Marris-Morini, D. ; O´Faolain, L. ; Dong, F. ; Fedeli, J.M. ; Dumon, P. ; Vivien, L. ; Krauss, T.F. ; Reed, G.T. ; Martí, J.

Author_Institution

Adv. Technol. Inst., Univ. of Surrey, Guildford, UK

fYear

2009

fDate

9-11 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

241

Lastpage

243

Abstract

We demonstrate high speed modulation based on a compact silicon ring resonator operating in depletion mode. Our device features an electrical small signal bandwidth of approximately 19 GHz, which is the fastest silicon ring resonator modulator reported to date.

Keywords

elemental semiconductors; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; nanophotonics; optical modulation; optical resonators; optical waveguides; p-n junctions; rib waveguides; silicon; Si; carrier depletion; compact silicon ring resonator; depletion mode; electrical small signal bandwidth; high-speed modulation; nanophotonic integrated circuits; reverse-biased p-n junction; silicon modulator; silicon rib waveguide; Integrated circuit interconnections; Optical fiber networks; Optical modulation; Optical refraction; Optical ring resonators; Optical transmitters; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Waveguide junctions;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Group IV Photonics, 2009. GFP '09. 6th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1949-2081

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4402-1

Electronic_ISBN

1949-2081

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GROUP4.2009.5338374

Filename

5338374