Hydrogenated amorphous silicon multi-SOI waveguide modulator with low voltage-length product

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 204-208

  Rao, Sandro ^a   Coppola, Giuseppe ^b   Gioffrè, Mariano A ^b   Della Corte, Francesco G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b CNR IMM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amorphous materials; Electro optic modulation; Integrated optics

Indexed keywords

A-SI:H; A-SIC:H; ACCUMULATION LAYERS; CARRIER ACCUMULATION; CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; EFFECTIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATION; ELECTROOPTICAL MODULATORS; FABRY-PEROT; HIGH CONTRAST; INDUCED PHASE MODULATION; OPTICAL BEAMS; RESONATING CAVITY; RIB WAVEGUIDES; SINGLE MODE; THIN LAYERS; WAVEGUIDE MODULATOR;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT MODULATORS; PHASE MODULATION; SILICON; SILICON CARBIDE; WAVEGUIDES;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 84866522421     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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