Energy harvesting in silicon optical modulators
- 1 January 2006
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Express
- Vol. 14 (22) , 10795-10799
- https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.14.010795
Abstract
An electro-optic silicon modulator with negative electrical power dissipation is proposed. The device performs optical modulation through electrical control of losses caused by two photon absorption. It further exploits the nonlinear photovoltaic effect to recover the optical power that is normally dissipated when the modulator is in the on state.Keywords
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