Low-energy MOS depletion modulators in silicon-on-insulator micro-donut resonators coupled to bus waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 18122-18134

  Soref, Richard ^a   Guo, Junpeng ^b   Sun, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC FILMS; GATE DIELECTRICS; GATES (TRANSISTOR); HAFNIUM OXIDES; PHOSPHORUS; POLYSILICON; RESONATORS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

BUS WAVEGUIDES; ELECTRO-OPTICAL; EXTINCTION RATIOS; GATE ELECTRODES; HIGH-K DIELECTRIC FILMS; HIGH-Q RESONATORS; INFRARED INTENSITY; LOW ENERGIES; MODULATION VOLTAGE; PLASMONIC; SILICON ON INSULATOR; SWITCHING ENERGY; SWITCHING VOLTAGES; TE MODE;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 80052710870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.018122     Document Type: Article

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