High extinction ratio 10 Gbit/s silicon optical modulator

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 5827-5832

  Rasigade, Gilles ^a   Ziebell, Melissa ^a   Marris Morini, Delphine ^a   Fédéli, Jean Marc ^b   Milesi, Frédéric ^b   Grosse, Philippe ^b   Bouville, David ^a   Cassan, Eric ^a   Vivien, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT EXTINCTION;

10-GBIT/S; CARRIER DEPLETION; EXTINCTION RATIOS; OPTICAL MODULATORS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER NETWORK; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; SEMICONDUCTOR;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETRY; MICROWAVES; SEMICONDUCTORS; SILICON;

EID: 79953188401     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.005827     Document Type: Article

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