• 文献标题:   Effective Electro-Optical Modulation with High Extinction Ratio by a Graphene-Silicon Microring Resonator
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   DING YH, ZHU XL, XIAO SS, HU H, FRANDSEN LH, MORTENSEN NA, YVIND K
  • 作者关键词:   graphene photonic, silicon microring resonator, electrooptical modulation, high modulation depth
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
  • 通讯作者地址:   Tech Univ Denmark
  • 被引频次:   82
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b00630
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

Graphene opens up for novel optoelectronic applications thanks to its high carrier mobility, ultralarge absorption bandwidth, and extremely fast material response. In particular, the opportunity to control optoelectronic properties through tuning of the Fermi level enables electro-optical modulation, optical-optical switching, and other optoelectronics applications. However, achieving a high modulation depth remains a challenge because of the modest graphene-light interaction in the graphene-silicon devices, typically, utilizing only a monolayer or few layers of graphene. Here, we comprehensively study the interaction between graphene and a microring resonator, and its influence on the optical modulation depth. We demonstrate graphene-silicon microring devices showing a high modulation depth of 12.5 dB with a relatively low bias voltage of 8.8 V. On-off electro-optical switching with an extinction ratio of 3.8 dB is successfully demonstrated by applying a square-waveform with a 4 V peak-to-peak voltage.