Wavelength-tunable silicon microring modulator
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- 10 May 2010
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Express
- Vol. 18 (11), 10941-10946
- https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.18.010941
Abstract
We present a wavelength-tunable, compact, high speed and low power silicon microring modulator. With a ring radius of 5 µm, we demonstrate a modulator with a high speed of 12.5 Gbps and a driving voltage of 3 V to achieve ~6 dB extinction ratio in high speed measurement. More importantly, tunability of the resonant wavelength is accomplished by means of a microheater on top of the ring, with an efficiency of 2.4 mW/nm (2.4 mW is needed to tune the resonant wavelength by 1 nm). This device aims to solve the narrow bandwidth problem of silicon microcavity modulators and increase the data bandwidth in optical interconnect systems.This publication has 21 references indexed in Scilit:
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