CMOS-compatible dual-output silicon modulator for analog signal processing.
A broadband, Mach-Zehnder-interferometer based silicon optical modulator is demonstrated, with an electrical bandwidth of 26 GHz and V(pi)L of 4 V.cm. The design of this modulator does not require epitaxial overgrowth and is therefore simpler to fabricate than previous devices with similar performance.
Spector
S J
SJ
Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, MA 02420, USA. spector@ll.mit.edu
Geis
M W
MW
Zhou
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Grein
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ME
Gan
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Popovic
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MA
Yoon
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JU
Lennon
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Ippen
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Kärtner
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FZ
Lyszczarz
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D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007368:Interferometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D055095:Optics and Photonics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012666:Semiconductors; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012825:Silicon / Q000737:chemistry*; D013685:Telecommunications / Q000295:instrumentation*
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