High speed silicon electro-optical modulators enhanced via slow light propagation

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 20876-20885

  Brimont, A ^a   Thomson, D J ^b   Sanchis, P ^a   Herrera, J ^a   Gardes, F Y ^b   Fedeli, J M ^c   Reed, G T ^b   Marti J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; DATA HANDLING; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SLOW LIGHT; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

40-GBIT/S; CHIP-SCALE; DATA CONVERSION; DIGITAL INFORMATION; ELECTRICAL-TO-OPTICAL; ELECTROOPTICAL MODULATORS; ENERGY EFFICIENT; HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING SYSTEMS; LOW POWER; MASS PRODUCIBLE; MODULATION RATES; NANO-STRUCTURED; NETWORKS ON CHIPS; PERIODIC WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR P-N DIODES; SILICON PHOTONICS; ULTRA-FAST;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 80053938537     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.020876     Document Type: Article

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