• DocumentCode
    3203433
  • Title

    A low VπL modulator with GHz bandwidth based on an electro-optic polymer-clad silicon slot waveguide

  • Author

    Ding, Ran ; Baehr-Jones, Tom ; Liu, Yang ; Bojko, Richard ; Witzens, Jeremy ; Huang, Su ; Luo, Jingdong ; Benight, Stephanie ; Sullivan, Philip ; Fedeli, Jean-Marc ; Fournier, Maryse ; Dalton, Larry ; Jen, Alex ; Hochberg, Michael

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    1-3 Sept. 2010
  • Firstpage
    201
  • Lastpage
    203
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a near-infrared modulator with a bandwidth exceeding 1GHz, based on a silicon strip-loaded slot waveguide clad in a nonlinear electro-optic polymer. Our device achieves a VπL figure of merit of 0.8V-cm.
  • Keywords
    cladding techniques; electro-optical effects; optical polymers; optical waveguides; cladding; electrooptic polymer; near-infrared modulator; silicon slot waveguide; Bandwidth; Electrooptical waveguides; Optical modulation; Polymers; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2010 7th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Beijing
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6344-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/GROUP4.2010.5643381
  • Filename
    5643381
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3203433