Low-power-consumption short-length and high-modulation-depth silicon electrooptic modulator

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1089-1098

  Barrios, Carlos Angulo ^a   De Almeida, Vilson Rosa ^a   Lipson, Michal ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bragg reflector; Device modeling; Fabry P rot cavity; Integrated optics; Optical modulator; Plasma dispersion effect; Silicon optoelectronics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ETCHING; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON;

THERMOOPTIC DEVICES;

ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS;

EID: 0038155155     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.810090     Document Type: Article

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