Vertical junction silicon microdisk modulators and switches

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 21989-22003

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

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FILTERS; RESONATORS;

BAND PASS; COMPACT SIZE; DEPLETION REGION; DETAILED DESIGN; DRIVE POWER; DRIVE SIGNAL; DRIVE VOLTAGE; HIGH-SPEED; HIGHER ORDER; LOW VOLTAGE OPERATION; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; MATERIAL SYSTEMS; MICRODISKS; OPTICAL MODES; POWER MODULATORS; POWER PENALTY; PRE-EMPHASIS; RESONANT MODULATOR; SECOND ORDERS; SIGNAL LEVEL; SILICON MODULATORS; SWITCHING SPEED;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 80054909622     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.021989     Document Type: Article

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