• 文献标题:   Integrated ultra-high-performance graphene optical modulator
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HEIDARI E, DALIR H, KOUSHYAR FM, NOURI BM, PATIL C, MISCUGLIO M, AKINWANDE D, SORGER VJ
  • 作者关键词:   asic, graphene, optical modulator, photonics integrated circuit, 2d material
  • 出版物名称:   NANOPHOTONICS
  • ISSN:   2192-8606 EI 2192-8614
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  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.1515/nanoph-2021-0797 EA MAR 2022
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

With the increasing need for large volumes of data processing, transport, and storage, optimizing the trade-off between high-speed and energy consumption in today's optoelectronic devices is getting increasingly difficult. Heterogeneous material integration into silicon- and nitride-based photonics has showed high-speed promise, albeit at the expense of millimeter-to centimeter-scale footprints. The hunt for an electro-optic modulator that combines high speed, energy efficiency, and compactness to support high component density on-chip continues. Using a double-layer graphene optical modulator integrated on a Silicon photonics platform, we are able to achieve 60 GHz speed (3 dB roll-off), micrometer compactness, and efficiency of 2.25 fJ/bit in this paper. The electro-optic response is boosted further by a vertical distributed-Bragg-reflector cavity, which reduces the driving voltage by about 40 times while maintaining a sufficient modulation depth (5.2 dB/V). Modulators that are small, efficient, and quick allow high photonic chip density and performance, which is critical for signal processing, sensor platforms, and analog- and neuromorphic photonic processors.