Heterogeneous microring and Mach-Zehnder modulators based on lithium niobate and chalcogenide glasses on silicon
- Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL (United States)
- Partow Technologies LLC, Orlando, FL (United States)
- Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL (United States); Clemson Univ., Clemson, SC (United States)
In this study, thin films of lithium niobate are wafer bonded onto silicon substrates and rib-loaded with a chalcogenide glass, Ge23Sb7S70, to demonstrate strongly confined single-mode submicron waveguides, microring modulators, and Mach-Zehnder modulators in the telecom C band. The 200 μm radii microring modulators present 1.2 dB/cm waveguide propagation loss, 1.2 × 105 quality factor, 0.4 GHz/V tuning rate, and 13 dB extinction ratio. The 6 mm long Mach-Zehnder modulators have a half-wave voltage-length product of 3.8 V.cm and an extinction ratio of 15 dB. The demonstrated work is a key step towards enabling wafer scale dense on-chip integration of high performance lithium niobate electro-optical devices on silicon for short reach optical interconnects and higher order advanced modulation schemes.
- Research Organization:
- Partow Technologies LLC, Orlando, FL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0013245
- OSTI ID:
- 1224859
- Journal Information:
- Optics Express, Vol. 23, Issue 17; ISSN 1094-4087
- Publisher:
- Optical Society of America (OSA)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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