Silicon dual-ring modulator

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 20783-20793

  Xu, Qianfan ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODULATION; MODULATORS;

ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATORS; HIGH EXTINCTION RATIOS; LOW INSERTION LOSS; MICRORING RESONATOR; MODULATION SPEED; MODULATION WAVELENGTH; OPTICAL BAND WIDTH;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICS; PHOTON; RADIATION SCATTERING; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TRANSDUCER;

ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHOTONS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SILICON; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 70749109960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.020783     Document Type: Article

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