Silicon electro-optic modulators using p-i-n diodes embedded 10-micron-diameter microdisk resonators

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 6851-6857

  Zhou, Linjie ^a   Poon, Andrew W ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DIODES; MODULATORS; RESONATORS; SILICON;

MICRODISK RESONATOR; P-I-N DIODE; REVERSE BIAS; SQUARE WAVE DRIVE;

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 33746351725     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.006851     Document Type: Article

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