• DocumentCode
    600572
  • Title

    High data rate silicon optical modulator with self-aligned fabrication process

  • Author

    Thomson, David J. ; Gardes, Frederic Y. ; Fedeli, Jean-Marc ; Zlatanovic, S. ; Hu, Ya ; Kuo, Bill P.-P ; Myslivets, Evgeny ; Alic, Nikola ; Radic, Stojan ; Mashanovich, Goran Z. ; Reed, Graham T.

  • Author_Institution
    Adv. Technol. Inst., Univ. of Surrey, Guildford, UK
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    4-8 March 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    In this work we present optical modulation at both 40Gbit/s and 50Gbit/s from a carrier depletion based device in silicon. The modulator can be fabricated using a self-aligned process aiding performance reliability and device yield.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical modulation; silicon; Si; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; bit rate 50 Gbit/s; carrier depletion based device; optical modulator; self-aligned fabrication process; High-speed optical techniques; Optical device fabrication; Optical modulation; Optical waveguides; Phase shifters; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • ISSN
    pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0262-3
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6476395