Title :
Tunable silicon Fabry-Perot microcavity
Author :
Barrios, C. Angnlo ; Almeida, Vilson R. ; Panepucci, R.R. ; Schmidt, B.S. ; Lipson, M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a 20-/spl mu/m-long tunable optical Fabry-Perot resonator integrated on a silicon-on-insulator waveguide. The device is electrically driven and shows a modulation depth as high as 53% for a power consumption of only 20 mW.
Keywords :
Fabry-Perot resonators; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; microcavities; optical tuning; optical waveguides; silicon; silicon-on-insulator; 20 mW; 20 mum; Si; modulation depth; silicon-on-insulator waveguide; tunable optical Fabry-Perot resonator;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
