High-speed, low-loss silicon Mach-Zehnder modulators with doping optimization

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 4116-4125

  Xiao, Xi ^a   Xu, Hao ^a   Li, Xianyao ^a   Li, Zhiyong ^a   Chu, Tao ^a   Yu, Yude ^a   Yu, Jinzhong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSERTION LOSSES; SILICON;

BIT RATES; CARRIER DEPLETION; DOPING CONCENTRATION; HIGH EXTINCTION RATIOS; HIGH-SPEED MODULATION; LOW INSERTION LOSS; LOW-LOSS; MACH ZEHNDER MODULATOR; ON CHIPS; P-N JUNCTION;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; INTERFEROMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY; TELECOMMUNICATION; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 84874534688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.004116     Document Type: Article

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