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Publication
Optics Express
Paper
Demonstration of electrooptic modulation at 2165nm using a silicon Mach-Zehnder interferometer
Abstract
We demonstrate electrooptic modulation at a wavelength of 2165nm, using a free-carrier injection-based silicon Mach-Zehnder modulator. The modulator has a Vπ·L figure of merit of 0.12V·mm, and an extinction ratio of -23dB. Optical modulation experiments are performed at bitrates up to 3Gbps. Our results illustrate that optical modulator design methodologies previously developed for telecom-band devices can be successfully applied to produce high-performance devices for a silicon nanophotonic mid-infrared integrated circuit platform. © 2012 Optical Society of America.