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3C-SiC modulator for high-speed integrated photonics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Carlos Angulo Barrios ,
Christopher Ian Thomas ,
Michael Spencer  and
Michal Lipson
Carlos Angulo Barrios
Affiliation:
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853, U.S.A.
Christopher Ian Thomas
Affiliation:
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853, U.S.A.
Michael Spencer
Affiliation:
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853, U.S.A.
Michal Lipson
Affiliation:
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853, U.S.A.
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Abstract

We propose a compact 3C-SiC electro-optic modulator for high-speed Si-based integrated optoelectronics operating at 1.55-μm-wavelength. The device is based on an optical microresonator using sub-micron size high-index-contrast SiC waveguides on a SiC-SiO2-Si [SiC-on-Insulator (SICOI)] platform. Three different electrode configurations are analyzed. Switching times on the order of tens of ps are predicted by using low bias voltages.

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