• DocumentCode
    689238
  • Title

    Breaking the energy-bandwidth limit of electro-optic modulators: Theory and a device proposal

  • Author

    Juejun Hu ; Hongtao Lin ; Ogbuu, Okechukwu ; Jifeng Liu ; Lin Zhang ; Michel, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Mater. Sci. & Eng., Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We analytically derive the energy-bandwidth limit for electro-optic modulators based on intra-cavity index modulation, and propose a dual cavity modulator using coupling modulation to simultaneously achieve high bandwidth (80 GHz) and ultra-low energy-per-bit (0.26 aJ).
  • Keywords
    electro-optical modulation; optical couplers; bandwidth 80 GHz; coupling modulation; device proposal; dual cavity modulator; electro-optic modulator; energy-bandwidth limit breaking; intracavity index modulation; ultralow energy-per-bit; Cavity resonators; Electrooptic modulators; Electrooptical waveguides; High-speed optical techniques; Optical resonators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833621