Ultrasensitive Silicon Photonic-Crystal Nanobeam Electro-Optical Modulator (Preprint)

Abstract

Design and simulation results are presented for an ultralow switching energy, resonator based silicon-on-insulator (SOI) electro-optical modulator. The nanowire waveguide and resonator are seamlessly integrated via a high-transmission tapered 1D photonic crystal cavity waveguide structure.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA586502

Entities

People

  • Joshua R Hendrickson
  • Julian Sweet
  • Matthew Pelton
  • Richard Soref

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Crystal Structure
  • Crystals
  • Dielectrics
  • Electro-Optic Modulators
  • Energy Consumption
  • Materials
  • Modulation
  • Modulators
  • Optical Modulators
  • P-N Junctions
  • Photonic Crystals
  • Photonics
  • Refractive Index
  • Resonators
  • Simulations

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics