• DocumentCode
    3701037
  • Title

    Differential optical ring modulator: Breaking the bandwidth/quality-factor trade-off

  • Author

    Saman Saeedi;Behrooz Abiri;Ali Hajimiri;Azita Emami

  • Author_Institution
    California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We present a differential ring modulator that breaks the optical bandwidth/quality factor trade-off known to limit the speed of high-Q ring modulators. This structure maintains a constant energy in the ring to avoid pattern-dependent power droop.
  • Keywords
    "Optical modulation","Couplings","Optical device fabrication","Structural rings","Couplers","High-speed optical techniques"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2015 European Conference on
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2015.7341731
  • Filename
    7341731
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3701037