Slow-light Mach-Zehnder modulators based on Si photonic crystals

Science and Technology of Advanced Materials

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Baba, Toshihiko ^a   Nguyen, Hong C ^a   Yazawa, Naoya ^a   Terada, Yosuke ^a   Hashimoto, Satoshi ^a   Watanabe, Tomohiko ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mach Zehnder; optical modulator; photonic crystal; Si photonics; slow light

Indexed keywords

LASER OPTICS; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; PHASE SHIFTERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PHOTONICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SLOW LIGHT;

COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; ELECTRICAL-TO-OPTICAL CONVERSIONS; MACH ZEHNDER MODULATOR; MACH-ZEHNDER; MACH-ZEHNDER OPTICAL MODULATOR; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDE; SI PHOTONICS; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

SILICON;

EID: 84899761364     PISSN: 14686996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1468-6996/15/2/024602     Document Type: Review

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