Ultracompact electrooptic silicon modulator with horizontal Photonic Crystal Slotted Slab

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 724-726

  Qi, Biao ^a   Yu, Ping ^a   Li, Yubo ^a   Hao, Yinlei ^a   Zhou, Qiang ^a   Jiang, Xiaoqing ^a   Yang, Jianyi ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electrooptic (EO) effect; Modulator; Photonic crystal; Silicon; Slot

Indexed keywords

BAND DIAGRAMS; ELECTRO-OPTIC POLYMERS; ELECTROOPTIC (EO) EFFECT; LINEAR DEFECT WAVEGUIDE; MACH-ZEHNDER AMPLITUDE MODULATORS; OPTICAL MODES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL BAND GAPS; SILICON MODULATORS; SILICON-BASED;

MODULATION; PHOTONIC BAND GAP; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; WAVEGUIDES;

MODULATORS;

EID: 77951872170     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2010.2044878     Document Type: Article

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