CMOS-compatible dual-output silicon modulator for analog signal processing

9 July 2008

journal article
Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Express

Vol. 16 (15), 11027-11031
https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.16.011027

Abstract

A broadband, Mach-Zehnder-interferometer based silicon optical modulator is demonstrated, with an electrical bandwidth of 26 GHz and V_πL of 4 V∙cm. The design of this modulator does not require epitaxial overgrowth and is therefore simpler to fabricate than previous devices with similar performance.

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