Silicon electro-optic modulator based on a three terminal device integrated in a low-loss single-mode SOI waveguide

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 505-518

  Cutolo, Antonello ^a,b,c,d   Iodice, Mario ^a,e,f,g   Spirito, Paolo ^a,h   Zeni, Luigi ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Polytechnic of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f Res Inst Electromagnetism E   (Italy)

^g DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^h IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrated optoelectronics; Optical communication; Optical modulation; Optical planar waveguide; Optoelectronic devices

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

AMPLITUDE MODULATORS; BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD; EFFECTIVE INDEX METHOD; PHASE MODULATORS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 0031104368     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.557567     Document Type: Article

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