Growing global data traffic requires high-performance modulators with a compact size, a
large bandwidth, a low optical loss, and a small power consumption. A careful trade-off …

High bandwidth, low voltage electro-optic modulators with high optical power handling
capability are important for improving the performance of analog optical communications …

We present a high-speed and highly scalable silicon optical modulator based on the free
carrier plasma dispersion effect. The fast refractive index modulation of the device is due to …

A novel electro-optic silicon-based modulator with a bandwidth of 78GHz, a drive voltage
amplitude of 1V and a length of only 80 μm is proposed. Such record data allow 100Gbit/s …

Integrated photonics at near-IR (NIR) wavelengths currently lacks high bandwidth and low-
voltage modulators, which add electro-optic functionality to passive circuits. Here, integrated …

The next generations of large-scale data-centers and supercomputers demand optical
interconnects to migrate to 400G and beyond. Microring modulators in silicon-photonics …

We demonstrate frequency comb sources based on silicon-organic hybrid (SOH) electro-
optic modulators. Frequency combs with line spacings of 25 GHz and 40 GHz are …

Electro-optic phase modulators are critical components in modern communication,
microwave photonic, and quantum photonic systems. Important for these applications is to …

We summarize our experimental exploration of the capabilities of an ultrabroad-bandwidth
plasmonic Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM), in an intensity modulation and direct detection …

A key device in future high speed short reach interconnect technology will be the optical
modulator. These devices, in silicon, have experienced dramatic improvements over the last …