High speed hybrid silicon evanescent Mach-Zehnder modulator and switch
- 26 November 2008
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Express
- Vol. 16 (25) , 20571-20576
- https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.16.020571
Abstract
We demonstrate the first high speed silicon evanescent Mach Zehnder modulator and switch. The modulator utilizes carrier depletion within AlGaInAs quantum wells to obtain Vπ L of 2 V-mm and clear open eye at 10 Gb/s. The switch exhibits a power penalty of 0.5 dB for all ports at 10 Gb/s modulation.Keywords
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