Breaking the energy-bandwidth limit of electrooptic modulators: theory and a device proposal

H Lin, O Ogbuu, J Liu, L Zhang… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we quantitatively analyzed the tradeoff between energy per bit for switching
and modulation bandwidth of classical electrooptic modulators. A formally simple energy …

Efficient coupled-cavity electro-optic modulator on silicon for high carrier frequency, narrowband RF signals

H Gevorgyan, A Khilo, MA Popović - Frontiers in Optics, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Efficient coupled-cavity electro-optic modulator on silicon for high carrier frequency, narrowband
RF signals Page 1 FW5C.1.pdf Frontiers in Optics / Laser Science © OSA 2019 Efficient …

Compact electro-optic modulator on silicon-on-insulator substrates using cavities with ultra-small modal volumes

B Schmidt, Q Xu, J Shakya, S Manipatruni… - Optics Express, 2007 - opg.optica.org
We experimentally demonstrate a micron-size electro-optic modulator using a high-index-
contrast silicon Fabry-Pérot resonator cavity. This compact device consists of a 1-D cavity …

Compact electro-optic modulators on a silicon chip

M Lipson - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Electro-optic modulators are one of the most critical components in optoelectronic
integration, and decreasing their size may enable novel chip architectures not previously …

Triply resonant coupled-cavity electro-optic modulators for RF to optical signal conversion

H Gevorgyan, A Khilo, Y Ehrlichman, MA Popović - Optics Express, 2020 - opg.optica.org
We propose an on-chip triply resonant electro-optic modulator architecture for RF-to-optical
signal conversion and provide a detailed theoretical analysis of the optimal “circuit-level” …

Resonant optical modulators beyond conventional energy-efficiency and modulation frequency limitations

MA Popović - Integrated photonics research, silicon and …, 2010 - opg.optica.org
Modulator designs are proposed that can employ arbitrarily high-Q resonators to
simultaneously achieve high energy efficiency and distortionless modulation at all (low/high) …

Demonstration of electrooptic modulation at 2165nm using a silicon Mach-Zehnder interferometer

MA Van Camp, S Assefa, DM Gill, T Barwicz… - Optics express, 2012 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate electrooptic modulation at a wavelength of 2165nm, using a free-carrier
injection-based silicon Mach-Zehnder modulator. The modulator has a V_π∙ L figure of merit …

A deterministic guide for material and mode dependence of on-chip electro-optic modulator performance

R Amin, C Suer, Z Ma, I Sarpkaya, JB Khurgin… - Solid-State …, 2017 - Elsevier
Electro-optic modulation is a key function in optical data communication and possible future
optical computing engines. The performance of modulators intricately depends on the …

Active material, optical mode and cavity impact on nanoscale electro-optic modulation performance

R Amin, C Suer, Z Ma, I Sarpkaya, JB Khurgin… - …, 2017 - degruyter.com
Electro-optic modulation is a key function in optical data communication and possible future
optical compute engines. The performance of modulators intricately depends on the …

42.7 Gbit/s electro-optic modulator in silicon technology

L Alloatti, D Korn, R Palmer, D Hillerkuss, J Li… - Optics express, 2011 - opg.optica.org
CMOS-compatible optical modulators are key components for future silicon-based photonic
transceivers. However, achieving low modulation voltage and high speed operation still …