Ultracompact, High-Speed Field-Effect Optical Modulators (Research Topic 4.2 Optoelectronics)

Abstract

One of the technical barriers impeding the wide applications of integrated photonic circuits is the lack of ultracompact, high speed, broadband electro-optical (EO) modulators, which up-convert electronic signals into high bit-rate photonic data. In addition to direct modulation of lasers, EO modulators can be classified into (i) phase modulation based on EO effect or free-carrier injection [1, 2], or (ii) absorption modulation based on Franz-Keldysh effect or quantum-confined Stark effect [3-7]. Due to the poor EO properties of regular materials, a conventional EO modulator has a very large footprint.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 29, 2017
Accession Number
AD1051352

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  • Karl Hirschman

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  • Rochester Institute of Technology

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Circuit Analysis
  • Circuits
  • Dielectric Permittivity
  • Dielectrics
  • Electric Fields
  • Electro-Absorption Modulators
  • Electro-Optic Modulators
  • Fabrication
  • Fibers
  • Films
  • Frequency
  • Materials Processing
  • Measurement
  • Modulation
  • Modulators
  • Optical Interconnects
  • Optical Modulators
  • Optical Properties
  • Optoelectronics
  • Surface Plasmon Polaritons
  • Surface Plasmons

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  • Physics

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  • Microelectronics
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