Miniaturized low-power electro-optic modulator based on silicon integrated nanophotonics and organic polymers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 9181, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Xingyu ^a   Hosseini, Amir ^b   Luo, Jingdong ^c   Jen, Alex K Y ^c   Chen, Ray T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b OMEGA OPTICS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Electro optic polymer; Microwave photonics; Modulator; Photonic crystal waveguide; Silicon organic hybrid technology; Silicon photonics; Slow light

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; INFRARED DEVICES; MODULATION; MODULATORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PHOTONICS; SILICON; SLOW LIGHT; TIME DELAY; WAVE FILTERS; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS; WAVEGUIDES;

ELECTRO-OPTIC POLYMERS; MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; ORGANIC HYBRIDS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDE; SILICON PHOTONICS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 84922794023     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2061189     Document Type: Conference Paper

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