DocumentCode
712440
Title
SiGe-based carrier-injection Mach-Zehnder modulator with enhanced plasma dispersion effect in strained SiGe
Author
Younghyun Kim ; Fujikata, Junichi ; Takahashi, Shigeki ; Takenaka, Mitsuru ; Takagi, Shinichi
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Inf. Syst., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
fYear
2015
fDate
22-26 March 2015
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We demonstrate strained SiGe-based carrier-injection MZ optical modulator with low driving current of 1.47 mA owing to the enhanced plasma dispersion effect in SiGe. The 10 Gbps modulation with clear eye opening is also obtained.
Keywords
Ge-Si alloys; optical modulation; semiconductor materials; solid-state plasma; SiGe; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; carrier-injection Mach-Zehnder modulator; clear eye opening; current 1.47 mA; enhanced plasma dispersion effect; low driving current; strained SiGe; Dispersion; Optical attenuators; Optical modulation; Plasmas; Silicon; Silicon germanium;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
Conference_Location
Los Angeles, CA
Type
conf
Filename
7121791
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