Low-voltage, compact, depletion-mode, silicon MachZehnder modulator

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 159-164

  Watts, Michael R ^a   Zortman, William A ^b   Trotter, Douglas C ^a   Young, Ralph W ^a   Lentine, Anthony L ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Diodes; Optical modulation; Silicon

Indexed keywords

10 GB/ S; COMPLEMENTARY OUTPUT; EYE DIAGRAMS; LOW-VOLTAGE; LUMPED ELEMENT DEVICES; MACH ZEHNDER MODULATOR; NON-RETURN-TO-ZERO DATUM; OPTICAL MODULATION; OPTICAL SIMULATION; P-N JUNCTION; PHASE MODULATOR; PRE-EMPHASIS;

LIGHT MODULATION; LUMPED PARAMETER NETWORKS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 76949106057     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2009.2035059     Document Type: Article

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