Energy consumption in optical modulators for interconnects

DAB Miller - Optics express, 2012 - opg.optica.org
We analyze energy consumption in optical modulators operated in depletion and intended
for low-power interconnect applications. We include dynamic dissipation from charging …

Low-voltage broad-band electroabsorption from thin Ge/SiGe quantum wells epitaxially grown on silicon

EH Edwards, L Lever, ET Fei, TI Kamins, Z Ikonic… - Optics express, 2013 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate electroabsorption contrast greater than 5 dB over the entire
telecommunication S-and C-bands with only 1V drive using a new Ge/SiGe QW epitaxy …

64 Gb/s O-band GeSi Quantum-Confined Stark Effect Electro-absorption Modulators integrated in a 300mm Silicon Photonics Platform

A Kandeel, G Hiblot, C Porret… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report the recent progress of waveguide-coupled O-band GeSi quantum confined stark
effect electroabsorption modulators, monolithically integrated in a Si photonics platform on …

Germanium quantum well QCSE waveguide modulator with tapered coupling in distributed modulator–detector system

K Zang, CY Lu, X Chen, E Fei, M Xue… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Optical interconnections (interconnects) have been proposed as solutions to the ever-
increasing bandwidth requirements and energy consumption in communication systems …

Low power SiGe electroabsorption modulators for optical interconnects

ET Fei, EH Edwards, Y Huo, X Chen… - … Research, Silicon and …, 2012 - opg.optica.org
Low Power SiGe Electroabsorption Modulators for Optical Interconnects Page 1 IM4A.3.pdf
Advanced Photonics Congress © 2012 OSA Low Power SiGe Electroabsorption Modulators …