44-Gb/s silicon microring modulators based on zigzag PN junctions

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 1712-1714

  Xiao, Xi ^a   Li, Xianyao ^a   Xu, Hao ^a   Hu, Yingtao ^a   Xiong, Kang ^a   Li, Zhiyong ^a   Chu, Tao ^a   Yu, Jinzhong ^a   Yu, Yude ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

Author keywords

High speed; microring resonator (MRR); optical modulation; silicon modulators

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH LIMITATION; EXTINCTION RATIOS; HIGH-SPEED MODULATION; MICRORING MODULATOR; MICRORING RESONATOR; MODULATION EFFICIENCY; MODULATION SPEED; OPERATION WAVELENGTH; P-N JUNCTION; Q-FACTORS; RESISTANCE CAPACITANCE; SILICON MODULATORS; VOLTAGE SWINGS;

BANDWIDTH; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

MODULATORS;

EID: 84866499879     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2012.2213244     Document Type: Article

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