Design of Amorphous Silicon Photonic Crystal-based M-Z Modulator Operating at 1.55 µm

Sandro Rao, Maurizio Casalino, Giuseppe Coppola, Rifat Kisacik, Tolga Tekin, Francesco G. Della Corte

2016

Abstract

The design of an amorphous silicon-based Mach–Zehnder electro-optic modulator including two guiding p-i-n structures integrated inside a two-dimensional (2-D) photonic crystal (PhC) working at 1.55 µm, is reported. Electrically induced free carrier dispersion effect in this photonic material with a very cost-effective technology, is investigated for modulation. Our numerical analysis, performed by a time-domain (FDTD)-based software, proves that the voltage-length product can be remarkably reduced by taking advantage of both the strong PhC confinement and the wide refractive index tunability of amorphous silicon.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Rao S., Casalino M., Coppola G., Kisacik R., Tekin T. and Corte F. (2016). Design of Amorphous Silicon Photonic Crystal-based M-Z Modulator Operating at 1.55 µm . In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 1: PHOTOPTICS, ISBN 978-989-758-174-8, pages 162-168. DOI: 10.5220/0005745101620168

in Bibtex Style

@conference{photoptics16,
author={Sandro Rao and Maurizio Casalino and Giuseppe Coppola and Rifat Kisacik and Tolga Tekin and Francesco G. Della Corte},
title={Design of Amorphous Silicon Photonic Crystal-based M-Z Modulator Operating at 1.55 µm},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 1: PHOTOPTICS,},
year={2016},
pages={162-168},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005745101620168},
isbn={978-989-758-174-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 1: PHOTOPTICS,
TI - Design of Amorphous Silicon Photonic Crystal-based M-Z Modulator Operating at 1.55 µm
SN - 978-989-758-174-8
AU - Rao S.
AU - Casalino M.
AU - Coppola G.
AU - Kisacik R.
AU - Tekin T.
AU - Corte F.
PY - 2016
SP - 162
EP - 168
DO - 10.5220/0005745101620168