40 GHz electro-optic modulation in hybrid silicon-organic slotted photonic crystal waveguides.
In this Letter we demonstrate broadband electro-optic modulation with frequencies of up to 40 GHz in slotted photonic crystal waveguides based on silicon-on-insulator substrates covered and infiltrated with a nonlinear optical polymer. Two-dimensional photonic crystal waveguides in silicon enable integrated optical devices with an extremely small geometric footprint on the scale of micrometers. The slotted waveguide design optimizes the overlap of the optical and electric fields in the second-order nonlinear optical medium and, hence, the interaction of the optical and electric waves.
Wülbern
Jan Hendrik
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Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg, E-12, Eissendorfer Strasse 38, D-21073 Hamburg, Germany. jan.wuelbern@tu-harburg.de
Prorok
Stefan
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Hampe
Jan
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Petrov
Alexander
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Eich
Manfred
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Luo
Jingdong
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Jen
Alex K-Y
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Jenett
Martin
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Jacob
Arne
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