Demonstration of a low VπL modulator with GHz bandwidth based on electro-optic polymer-clad silicon slot waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 15618-15623

  Ding, R ^a   Baehr Jones, T ^a   Liu, Y ^a   Bojko, R ^a   Witzens, J ^a   Huang, S ^a   Luo, J ^a   Benight, S ^b   Sullivan, P ^b   Fedeli, J M ^c   Fournier, M ^c   Dalton, L ^b   Jen, A ^a   Hochberg, M ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c CEA LETI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; HYBRID SYSTEMS; POLYMERS; WAVEGUIDES;

DRIVING VOLTAGES; ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATORS; ELECTRO-OPTIC POLYMERS; FIGURE OF MERIT; NEAR INFRARED; NON-LINEAR POLYMERS; OPERATING SPEED; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; POLYMER HYBRID SYSTEMS; SILICON STRIP; SLOT WAVEGUIDE;

MODULATORS;

EID: 77954930346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.015618     Document Type: Article

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