• DocumentCode
    689205
  • Title

    Sub-100 μm wide-bandwidth Si photonic crystal MZI modulators

  • Author

    Nguyen, Huan C. ; Yazawa, Naoya ; Hashimoto, Shuji ; Baba, Toshihiko

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Yokohama Nat. Univ., Yokohama, Japan
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present sub-100 μm, error-free-capable Si photonic crystal MZI modulators. The low-dispersion slow-light enables a 50 μm device with 12.5 nm operational bandwidth, as well as 40 Gb/s-capable 90 μm device.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical modulation; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; slow light; Si; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; error-free-capable Si photonic crystal MZI modulators; low-dispersion slow-light; operational bandwidth; wavelength 100 mum; wavelength 50 mum; wavelength 90 mum; wide-bandwidth Si photonic crystal MZI modulators; Adaptive optics; Bit error rate; Modulation; Optical device fabrication; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833587