• 文献标题:   Tunability Analysis of a Graphene-Embedded Ring Modulator
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   DU W, LI EP, HAO R
  • 作者关键词:   bandwidth, extinction ratio, graphene embedded optical ring modulator, temperature drift
  • 出版物名称:   IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1041-1135 EI 1941-0174
  • 通讯作者地址:   Zhejiang Univ
  • 被引频次:   35
  • DOI:   10.1109/LPT.2014.2344041
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

This letter presents a novel graphene-embedded optical ring modulator that significantly enhances the modulation efficiency and tunability. Due to the enhanced light-matter interaction of graphene-embedded design, the shift rate of the resonance peak has been improved to 1.08 nm per applied voltage, which is two orders of the magnitude higher than previous ring modulators. The narrow bandwidth of the resonant modulator has been ameliorated to 149 GHz. In addition, our proposed modulator exhibits the advantages of high extinction ratio (22.13 dB) and smaller power consumption. Furthermore, a good tolerance of temperature drift (27 K) has been demonstrated in the proposed modulator.