Forty Gb/s hybrid silicon Mach-Zehnder modulator with low chirp

被引:44
作者
Chen, Hui-Wen [1 ]
Peters, Jonathan D. [1 ]
Bowers, John E. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
关键词
WAVE-GUIDE; SWITCH; ELECTRODES;
D O I
10.1364/OE.19.001455
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We demonstrate a hybrid silicon modulator operating up to 40 Gb/s with 11.4 dB extinction ratio. The modulator has voltage-length product of 2.4 V-mm and chirp of -0.75 over the entire bias range. As a switch, it has a switching time less than 20 ps. (c) 2011 Optical Society of America
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页码:1455 / 1460
页数:6
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