Enhanced optical bistability from self-heating due to free carrier absorption in substrate removed silicon ring modulators

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 11478-11486

  Zheng, Xuezhe ^a   Luo, Ying ^a   Li, Guoliang ^a   Shubin, Ivan ^a   Thacker, Hiren ^a   Yao, Jin ^a   Raj, Kannan ^a   Cunningham, John E ^a   Krishnamoorthy, Ashok V ^a  

^a ORACLE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

DATA MODULATION; FREE CARRIER ABSORPTION; HIGH-SPEED; LOW SPEED; OPTICAL POWER; RING RESONANCE; SELF-HEATING; SILICON RING; SUBSTRATE REMOVED; THERMAL INTERACTION;

OPTICAL BISTABILITY;

EID: 84861123865     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.011478     Document Type: Article

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