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
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