CMOS-compatible Si-ring-assisted Mach-Zehnder interferometer with internal bandwidth equalization

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-52

  Gill, Douglas M ^a   Patel, Sanjay S ^b   Rasras, Mahmoud ^a   Tu, Kun Yii ^a   White, Alice E ^a   Chen, Young Kai ^a   Pomerene, Andrew ^c   Carothers, Daniel ^c   Kamocsai, Robert L ^c   Hill, Craig M ^c   Beattie, James ^c  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c BAE SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrooptic modulation; Integrated optics; Integrated optoelectronics; Resonators; Ridged waveguides

Indexed keywords

10 GB/ S; CMOS COMPATIBLE; CMOS-COMPATIBLE TECHNOLOGY; ELECTROOPTIC MODULATION; EXTINCTION RATIOS; EYE DIAGRAMS; INTERACTION REGION; MACH-ZEHNDER; MODULATION SIDE-BANDS; OPTICAL CARRIERS; RESONANT MODULATOR; RIDGED WAVEGUIDES; SILICON-BASED; SMALL SIGNAL;

BANDWIDTH; INTEGRATED OPTICS; INTERFEROMETRY; MODULATION; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SENSORS; PHOTONICS; RESONATORS; WAVEGUIDES;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 76949087284     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2009.2033210     Document Type: Article

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