Performance evolutions of carrier depletion silicon optical modulators: From p-n to p-i-p-i-n diodes

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 179-184

  Rasigade, Gilles ^a   Marris Morini, Delphine ^a   Vivien, Laurent ^a   Cassan, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Modulation; Optoelectronics; Photonic integrated circuits; Waveguide modulators

Indexed keywords

CARRIER DEPLETION; FIGURES OF MERITS; FREE CARRIER CONCENTRATION; MODULATION EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL MODULATORS; PERFORMANCE EVOLUTIONS; PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PIN DIODE; WAVEGUIDE MODULATOR;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CUTOFF FREQUENCY; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MODULATION; WAVEGUIDES;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 76949102256     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2009.2026587     Document Type: Article

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