Long-distance demonstration and modeling of low-power silicon microdisk modulators

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 819-821

  Zortman, William A ^a,b   Lentine, Anthony L ^a   Trotter, Douglas C ^a   Watts, Michael R ^c  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Networks; resonators; silicon on insulator technology; wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

10 GB/ S; DISPERSION PROPERTIES; LOW POWER; MACH ZEHNDER MODULATOR; MICRO RESONATORS; MICRODISK RESONATORS; MICRODISKS; NEGATIVE PULSE; NETWORKS; POWER PENALTY; SILICON ON INSULATOR; SILICON PHOTONICS; SPECTRAL PROFILE; TRANSMITTED WAVES;

MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; RESONATORS;

MODULATORS;

EID: 79957634449     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2011.2138692     Document Type: Article

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