Energy-efficient electro-optic modulators are at the heart of short-reach optical interconnects,
and silicon photonics is considered the leading technology for realizing such devices …

We demonstrate a single-drive push-pull silicon Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) with a π-
phase-shift voltage of 3.1 V and speed up to 30 Gb/s. The on-chip insertion loss is 9 dB due …

Metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) capacitor-driven silicon modulators have demonstrated
exceeding performance in driving voltage, energy efficiency, and bandwidth through …

Densely integrated active photonics is key for next generation on-chip networks for
addressing both footprint and energy budget concerns. However, the weak light-matter …

We demonstrate a plasmonic Mach-Zehnder (MZ) modulator with a flat frequency response
exceeding 170 GHz. The modulator comprises two phase modulators exploiting the Pockels …

Combining reprogrammable optical networks with complementary metal-oxide
semiconductor (CMOS) electronics is expected to provide a platform for technological …

Silicon photonics offers tremendous potential for inexpensive high-yield photonic-electronic
integration. Besides conventional dielectric waveguides, plasmonic structures can also be …

A silicon microring modulator utilizing an interleaved pn junction phase shifter with a V_πL
of 0.76 V-cm and a minimum off-resonance insertion loss of less than 0.2 dB is …

We report on the hybrid integration of silicon-on-insulator slot waveguides with organic
electro-optic materials. We investigate and compare a polymer composite, a dendron-based …

Here, we experimentally demonstrate an Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) Mach—Zehnder
interferometer heterogeneously integrated in silicon photonics. The phase shifter section is …