Athermal silicon microring electro-optic modulator
- 6 June 2012
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 37 (12), 2253-2255
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.37.002253
Abstract
We demonstrate a new class of passively temperature stabilized resonant silicon electro-optic modulators. The modulators consist of a ring resonator coupled to a Mach–Zehnder interferometer with tailored thermal properties. We demonstrate 2 GHz continuous modulation over a temperature range of 35 °C and describe the scalability and design rules for such a device.Funding Information
- National Science Foundation (NSF) (1002060, 1143893)
- Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) (W911NF-11-1-0435)
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