Ultra-low voltage, ultra-small mode volume silicon microring modulator

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 18235-18242

  Manipatruni, Sasikanth ^a   Preston, Kyle ^a   Chen, Long ^a   Lipson, Michal ^a,b  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and the Cornell Nanofabrication Facility   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODULATORS; NANOPHOTONICS;

DIGITAL CMOS; DRIVE VOLTAGE; ELECTRO-OPTICS; GROUND WORK; HIGH SPEED; LOW VOLTAGES; MICRORING MODULATOR; MICRORINGS; MODAL VOLUME; MODE VOLUME; SEAMLESS INTEGRATION; SWING VOLTAGE; ULTRA-SMALL; ULTRALOW VOLTAGE;

PULSE CIRCUITS;

SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRONICS; INSTRUMENTATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ELECTRONICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL DEVICES; SILICON;

EID: 77956375580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.018235     Document Type: Article

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