Single waveguide silicon-organic hybrid modulator

Hoppe, N. ; Rothe, C. ; Celik, A. ; Rosa, M.F. ; Vogel, W. ; Widmann, D. ; Rathgeber, L. ; Delgado, C.R. ; Villacampa, B. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Ludwigs, S. ; Berroth, M.

Resumen: We present a novel silicon-organic hybrid modulator based on an integrated dual-mode interferometer. The modulator offers a compact, simplified design and enhanced robustness to on-chip fluctuations of temperature compared to conventional Mach-Zehnder based systems. A prototype modulator showing a voltage dependent transmission spectrum is obtained by cladding a dual-mode waveguide in a 250 nm silicon-on-insulator technology with a customized organic electro-optic layer. Estimated phase shifts and corresponding figures of merit are discussed in this contribution. The used organic layer is based on the guest-host approach with customized donor-acceptor chromophore embedded and poled in a poly(methylmethacrylate) matrix. The presented prototype is to the best of the authors'' knowledge the first integrated single waveguide silicon-organic hybrid modulator.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.5194/ars-15-141-2017

Año: 2017

Publicado en: Advances in Radio Science 15 (2017), 141-147
ISSN: 1684-9965

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.199 - Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Q3)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/E39
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/CTQ2014-52331-R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/CTQ2015-66897

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Física Materia Condensada (Dpto. Física Materia Condensa.)