1. High-Speed, Low Drive-Voltage Silicon-Organic Hybrid Modulator Based on a Binary-Chromophore Electro-Optic Material
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Markus Woessner, Christian Koos, Delwin L. Elder, Wim Bogaerts, Larry R. Dalton, Wolfgang Heni, Dietmar Korn, Matthias Lauermann, Robert Palmer, Sebastian Koeber, Juerg Leuthold, and Wolfgang Freude
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Technology and Engineering ,Materials science ,Silicon ,POWER ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Silicon on insulator ,02 engineering and technology ,photonic integrated circuits ,7. Clean energy ,01 natural sciences ,GBIT/S ,010309 optics ,MACH-ZEHNDER MODULATOR ,Optics ,DESIGN ,SLOT WAVE-GUIDES ,SYSTEMS ,Dendrimer ,0103 physical sciences ,TECHNOLOGY ,INTERCONNECTS ,nonlinear optical devices ,business.industry ,Photonic integrated circuit ,PLATFORM ,Electro-optic modulator ,Chromophore ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics ,Power (physics) ,chemistry ,Electro-optic modulators ,Optoelectronics ,0210 nano-technology ,business ,PRACTICAL NONLINEAR OPTICS ,Voltage - Abstract
We report on the hybrid integration of silicon-on-insulator slot waveguides with organic electro-optic materials. We investigate and compare a polymer composite, a dendron-based material, and a binary-chromophore organic glass (BCOG). A record-high in-device electro-optic coefficient of 230 pm/V is found for the BCOG approach resulting in silicon-organic hybrid Mach-Zehnder modulators that feature low $U_{\pi }L$ -products of down to 0.52 Vmm and support data rates of up to 40 Gbit/s.
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- 2014
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