Misalignment-tolerant surface-normal low-voltage modulator for optical interconnects

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 338-342

  Helman, Noah C ^a   Roth, Jonathan E ^a   Bour, David P ^b   Altug, Hatice ^a   Miller, David A B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Agilent Laboaratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Fabry P rot resonators; Optical interconnections; Optical modulation; Waveguides

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST RATIO; ELECTROABSORPTION; FABRY-PÉROT RESONATORS; QUANTUM-CONFINED STRAK EFFECT (QCSE);

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; RESONATORS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

MODULATORS;

EID: 18844421292     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2005.845613     Document Type: Article

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