• 文献标题:   Polarization-Insensitive Phase Modulators Based on an Embedded Silicon-Graphene-Silicon Waveguide
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZOU XH, ZHANG YJ, LI ZH, YANG YW, ZHANG SJ, ZHANG ZY, ZHANG YL, LIU Y
  • 作者关键词:   electrooptic phase modulator, polarizationinsensitive, silicon waveguide, graphene
  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED SCIENCESBASEL
  • ISSN:   2076-3417
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Elect Sci Technol China
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.3390/app9030429
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

A polarization-insensitive phase modulator concept is presented, based on an embedded silicon-graphene-silicon waveguide. Simulation results show that the effective mode index of both transverse electric (TE) and transverse magnetic (TM) modes in the silicon-graphene-silicon waveguide undergoes almost the same variations under different biases across a broad wavelength range, in which the real-part difference is less than 1.2 x 10(-3). Based on that, a polarization-insensitive phase modulator is demonstrated, with a 3-dB modulation bandwidth of 135.6 GHz and a wavelength range of over 500 nm. Moreover, it has a compact size of 60 mu m, and a low insertion loss of 2.12 dB. The proposed polarization-insensitive waveguide structure could be also applied to Mach-Zehnder modulators and electro-absorption modulators.