Scaling the modulation bandwidth and phase efficiency of a silicon optical modulator

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 367-372

  Liu, Ansheng ^a   Samara Rubio, Dean ^a   Liao, Ling ^a   Paniccia, Mario ^a  

^a INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) capacitor; Optical modulator; Phase shifter; Planar lightwave circuits; Silicon photonics; Silicon on insulator (SOI); Waveguide

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MOS CAPACITORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE SHIFT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

CARRIER DISPERSION EFFECTS; PHASE SHIFTER; PLANAR LIGHTWAVE CIRCUITS; SILICON PHOTONICS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 18844461886     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2005.845618     Document Type: Article

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