Compact optical modulators with Si photonic crystals

T. Baba; Hong C. Nguyen

doi:10.1117/12.2002909

27 February 2013 Compact optical modulators with Si photonic crystals

T. Baba, Hong C. Nguyen

Proceedings Volume 8630, Optoelectronic Interconnects XIII; 86300C (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2002909
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2013, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We demonstrate the first sub-100 μm silicon Mach-Zehnder modulators (MZMs) that operate at <10 Gb/s, by exploiting low-dispersion slow-light in lattice-shifted photonic crystal waveguides (LSPCWs). We use two LSPCW-MZM structures, one with LSPCWs in both arms of the MZM, and the other with an LSPCW in only one of the arms. Using the first structure we demonstrate 10 Gb/s operation with a operating bandwidth of 12.5 nm, in a device with a phase-shifter length of only 50 μm. Using the second structure, owing to a larger group index as well as lower spectral noise, we demonstrate 40 Gb/s operation with a phase-shifter length of only 90 μm, which is more than an order-of-magnitude shorter than most 40 Gb/s MZMs.

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T. Baba and Hong C. Nguyen "Compact optical modulators with Si photonic crystals", Proc. SPIE 8630, Optoelectronic Interconnects XIII, 86300C (27 February 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2002909

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