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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
