Open AccessSilicon electro-optic modulators using p-i-n diodes embedded 10-micron-diameter microdisk resonators
Author(s) -
Linjie Zhou,
Andrew Poon
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.14.006851
Subject(s) - resonator , optics , diode , materials science , silicon , optoelectronics , modulation (music) , biasing , resonance (particle physics) , voltage , bandwidth (computing) , q factor , physics , telecommunications , particle physics , quantum mechanics , acoustics , computer science
We demonstrate a silicon electro-optic modulator using a 10-micron-diameter microdisk resonator with a laterally integrated p-i-n diode surrounding essentially the entire microdisk. Our experiments reveal a modulation bandwidth of 510 MHz using a Q ~ 16,900 resonance mode under a square-wave drive voltage of ~0.9 V forward bias and ~-6 V reverse bias.