Sub-volt silicon-organic electro-optic modulator with 500 MHz bandwidth

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1112-1117

  Ding, Ran ^a   Baehr Jones, Tom ^a   Kim, Woo Joong ^b   Spott, Alexander ^a   Fournier, Maryse ^c   Fedeli, Jean Marc ^c   Huang, Su ^d   Luo, Jingdong ^d   Jen, Alex K Y ^d   Dalton, Larry ^d   Hochberg, Michael ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Electro optic modulation; integrated optics; optical polymers; silicon on insulator technology

Indexed keywords

ANALOG PHOTONICS; DIGITAL DATA COMMUNICATIONS; DIGITAL SYSTEM; DRIVE VOLTAGE; ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATION; ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATORS; ELECTRO-OPTIC POLYMERS; FIGURE OF MERIT; HALF-WAVE VOLTAGE; OPERATING VOLTAGE; OPTICAL POLYMERS; SILICON-BASED; SLOT WAVEGUIDE; TEMPERATURE-INSENSITIVE;

BANDWIDTH; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT MODULATION; MODULATORS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHOTONIC INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGY; PHOTONICS; POLYMERS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; PULSE CIRCUITS;

SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 79953833228     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2011.2122244     Document Type: Article

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