Hybrid silicon-electro-optic-polymer integrated high-performance optical modulator

Xingyu Zhang; Amir Hosseini; Jingdong Luo; Alex K.-Y. Jen; Ray T. Chen

doi:10.1117/12.2044228

8 March 2014 Hybrid silicon-electro-optic-polymer integrated high-performance optical modulator

Xingyu Zhang, Amir Hosseini, Jingdong Luo, Alex K.-Y. Jen, Ray T. Chen

Proceedings Volume 8991, Optical Interconnects XIV; 89910O (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2044228
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2014, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We design and demonstrate a compact and low-power band-engineered electro-optic (EO) polymer refilled silicon slot photonic crystal waveguide (PCW) modulator. The EO polymer is engineered for large EO activity and nearinfrared transparency. A PCW step coupler is used for optimum coupling to the slow-light mode of the bandengineered PCW. The half-wave switching-voltage is measured to be V_π=0.97±0.02V over optical spectrum range of 8nm, corresponding to the effective in-device r₃₃ of 1190pm/V and V_π×L of 0.291±0.006V×mm in a push-pull configuration. Excluding the slow-light effect, we estimate the EO polymer is poled with an efficiency of 89pm/V in the slot.

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Xingyu Zhang, Amir Hosseini, Jingdong Luo, Alex K.-Y. Jen, and Ray T. Chen "Hybrid silicon-electro-optic-polymer integrated high-performance optical modulator", Proc. SPIE 8991, Optical Interconnects XIV, 89910O (8 March 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2044228

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