Linearized silicon modulator based on a ring assisted Mach Zehnder inteferometer

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 22549-22557

  Cardenas, Jaime ^a   Morton, Paul A ^b   Khurgin, Jacob B ^c   Griffith, Austin ^a   Poitras, Carl B ^a   Preston, Kyle ^a   Lipson, Michal ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b Morton Photonics   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-RINGS; MACH-ZEHNDER; SILICON DEVICES; SILICON MODULATORS; SPURIOUS FREE DYNAMIC RANGE;

INTERFEROMETERS; MODULATORS;

LINEARIZATION;

EID: 84884578990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.022549     Document Type: Article

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