• DocumentCode
    689143
  • Title

    Silicon-VO2 hybrid electro-optic modulator

  • Author

    Markov, Petr ; Ryckman, Judson D. ; Marvel, R.E. ; Hallman, Kent A. ; Haglund, R.F. ; Weiss, S.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate electro-optical modulation in a silicon-vanadium dioxide hybrid device. A combined effect from applied electric field and Joule heating is used to switch a microscopic vanadium dioxide patch deposited on top of a silicon single-mode ridge waveguide.
  • Keywords
    electro-optical modulation; elemental semiconductors; ridge waveguides; silicon; vanadium compounds; Joule heating; Si-VO2; applied electric field; silicon single-mode ridge waveguide; silicon-VO2 hybrid electro-optic modulator; silicon-vanadium dioxide hybrid device; Electrooptic modulators; Electrooptical waveguides; Optical device fabrication; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833525