High-Speed, Low Drive-Voltage Silicon-Organic Hybrid Modulator Based on a Binary-Chromophore Electro-Optic Material

作者：Palmer Robert^*; Koeber Sebastian; Elder Delwin L; Woessner Markus; Heni Wolfgang; Korn Dietmar; Lauermann Matthias; Bogaerts Wim; Dalton Larry; Freude Wolfgang; Leuthold Juerg; Koos Christian

来源：Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2014, 32(16): 2726-2734.

DOI：10.1109/JLT.2014.2321498

• Electro-optic modulators
• nonlinear optical devices
• photonic integrated circuits

We report on the hybrid integration of silicon-on-insulator slot waveguides with organic electro-optic materials. We investigate and compare a polymer composite, a dendron-based material, and a binary-chromophore organic glass (BCOG). A record-high in-device electro-optic coefficient of 230 pm/V is found for the BCOG approach resulting in silicon-organic hybrid Mach-Zehnder modulators that feature low UpL-products of down to 0.52 Vmm and support data rates of up to 40 Gbit/s

• 出版日期2014-8-15