• DocumentCode
    733656
  • Title

    Electrically controllable saturable absorption in hybrid graphene-silicon waveguides

  • Author

    Alexander, Koen ; Yingtao Hu ; Pantouvaki, Marianna ; Brems, Steven ; Asselberghs, Inge ; Gorza, Simon-Pierre ; Huyghebaert, Cedric ; Van Campenhout, Joris ; Kuyken, Bart ; Van Thourhout, Dries

  • Author_Institution
    IMEC, Photonics Res. Group, Ghent Univ., Ghent, Belgium
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Electrical tunability of saturable absorption is demonstrated in a graphene/SOI hybrid waveguide. The saturation modulation depth is tunable between 0 and 2.2 dB (~0-40% decrease of absorption at saturation), with saturation powers between ~1.25-2.5 W.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; graphene; integrated optics; optical modulation; optical saturable absorption; optical waveguides; silicon; silicon-on-insulator; C-Si; electrical tunability; electrically controllable saturable absorption; graphene-SOI hybrid waveguide; hybrid graphene-silicon waveguides; saturation modulation depth; saturation powers; Absorption; Graphene; Modulation; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7184097
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=733656