• DocumentCode
    546982
  • 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
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951247
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=546982