Title :
Controlled coupling in silicon microrings for high-speed, high extinction ratio, and low-chirp modulation
Author :
Sacher, Wesley D. ; Green, William M J ; Assefa, Solomon ; Barwicz, Tymon ; Shank, Steven M. ; Vlasov, Yurii A. ; Poon, Joyce K S
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
Silicon-on-insulator microring modulators with integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer couplers exhibiting drive voltages near 1 V, modulation insertion loss <; 1 dB, extinction ratios as large as 16 dB, and low chirp are demonstrated.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; chirp modulation; integrated optics; micro-optics; optical couplers; optical modulation; silicon-on-insulator; Si; controlled coupling; integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer couplers; low chirp modulation; silicon-on-insulator microring modulator; Chirp; Couplers; Couplings; Extinction ratio; Insertion loss; Modulation; Optimized production technology;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
