Low insertion loss modulator based on a vertically coupled photonic crystal resonator

Kapil Debnath; Liam O'Faolain; Frederic Y. Gardes; David Thomson; Graham Reed; Thomas F. Krauss

doi:10.1117/12.909248

2 February 2012 Low insertion loss modulator based on a vertically coupled photonic crystal resonator

Kapil Debnath, Liam O'Faolain, Frederic Y. Gardes, David Thomson, Graham Reed, Thomas F. Krauss

Proceedings Volume 8267, Optoelectronic Interconnects XII; 82670I (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.909248
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2012, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate a simple but more efficient technique to modulate and multiplex multiple WDM channels. Our design is based on a bus waveguide vertically coupled to multiple Photonic Crystal (PhC) resonator, each of which modulates an individual channel in place. The Photonic crystal resonator modulator provide very low switching energies (~fJ) while the bus waveguide can be made from a material with a low refractive index thereby allowing very efficient coupling with an optical fiber.

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Kapil Debnath, Liam O'Faolain, Frederic Y. Gardes, David Thomson, Graham Reed, and Thomas F. Krauss "Low insertion loss modulator based on a vertically coupled photonic crystal resonator", Proc. SPIE 8267, Optoelectronic Interconnects XII, 82670I (2 February 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.909248

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