Directional-coupler-based Mach-Zehnder interferometer in silicon-on-insulator technology for optical intensity modulation

Optical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Sun, Fei ^a   Yu, Jinzhong ^a   Chen, Shaowu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

Author keywords

Directional coupler; Free carrier plasma dispersion effect; Mach Zehnder interferometer (MZI); Silicon on insulator (SOI)

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; INSERTION LOSSES; LIGHT EXTINCTION; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

EXTINCTION RATIO; FREE CARRIER PLASMA DISPERSION; POWER SPLITTER;

LIGHT MODULATION;

EID: 34347398878     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2436868     Document Type: Article

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