Integrated Optical Modulator Based on Transition between Photonic Bands

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2018-01-26

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Gövdeli, Alperen
Sarihan, Murat Can
Karaca, Utku
Kocaman, Serdar

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An area efficient novel optical modulator with low operation voltage is designed based on integrated Mach-Zehnder Interferometer with a photonic crystal slab structure as the phase shifter. Plasma dispersion effect is utilized so that photonic band-to-band transition occurs at the operating frequency leading to a high index change (Delta n = similar to 4) for pi-phase shift on the modulator. This approach reduces the phase shifter length to a few micrometers (similar to 5 mu m) in a silicon on insulator platform and operating voltage required is around 1 V. Low voltage together with short optical interaction length decrease optical losses and power consumption during modulation process providing a great opportunity for size and system cost optimization.

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Multidisciplinary, SLOW-LIGHT, ON-CHIP, SILICON, COMMUNICATION, CRYSTALS, COMPACT, ENERGY

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/39838

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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-20097-7

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A. Gövdeli, M. C. Sarihan, U. Karaca, and S. Kocaman, “Integrated Optical Modulator Based on Transition between Photonic Bands,” SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, pp. 0–0, 2018, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/39838.