High speed silicon microring modulator based on carrier depletion

Author

Dong, Po ; Liao, Shirong ; Feng, Dazeng ; Liang, Hong ; Zheng, Dawei ; Shafiiha, Roshanak ; Zheng, Xuezhe ; Li, Guoliang ; Raj, Kannan ; Krishnamoorthy, Ashok V. ; Asghari, Mehdi

Author_Institution

Kotura Inc., Monterey Park, CA, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

21-25 March 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

We present a high-speed silicon microring modulator with a low voltage swing and ultralow energy consumption, with the refractive index modulation achieved by carrier depletion in a lateral pn diode embedded in the ring.

Keywords

electro-optical modulation; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; micro-optics; microcavities; optical resonators; optical waveguides; refractive index; semiconductor diodes; silicon; Si; bus waveguide; carrier depletion; high-speed silicon microring modulator; lateral pn diode; refractive index modulation; ring resonator; ring waveguide; silicon electro-optic modulator; ultralow energy consumption; voltage swing; Doping; Energy consumption; High speed optical techniques; Modulation coding; Optical interconnections; Optical modulation; Optical refraction; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Silicon;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-884-1

Type

conf

Filename

5465649