• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 5, Issue 5, 481 (2017)
Li-Guo Qin1、2、*, Zhong-Yang Wang2、3, Shang-Qing Gong4, and Hong-Yang Ma1
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Science, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao 266000, China
  • 2Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China
  • 3e-mail: wangzy@sari.ac.cn
  • 4Department of Physics, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.5.000481 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Li-Guo Qin, Zhong-Yang Wang, Shang-Qing Gong, Hong-Yang Ma. Electro-optic waveform interconnect based on quantum interference[J]. Photonics Research, 2017, 5(5): 481 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The ability to modulate an optical field via an electric field is regarded as a key function of electro-optic interconnects, which are used in optical communications and information-processing systems. One of the main devices required for such interconnects is the electro-optic modulator (EOM). Current EOMs based on the electro-optic and electro-absorption effects often are bulky and power-inefficient due to the weak electro-optic properties of their constituent materials. Here, we propose a new mechanism to produce an arbitrary-waveform EOM based on quantum interference, in which both the real and imaginary parts of the susceptibility are engineered coherently with super-high efficiency. Based on this EOM, a waveform interconnect from the voltage to the modulated optical absorption is realized. We expect that such a new type of electro-optic interconnect will have a broad range of applications, including in optical communications and networks.
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    Im(χ)=χ0γsγγs+g2[ϵc2κ2+(2G0ηmwm2U2)2+1],(6)

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    U2=mωm22G0ηg2ϵc2χ0γsIm(χ)sγγsg2κ2,(7)

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    RdB=10logIm(χ)maxIm(χ)min,(8)

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    Li-Guo Qin, Zhong-Yang Wang, Shang-Qing Gong, Hong-Yang Ma. Electro-optic waveform interconnect based on quantum interference[J]. Photonics Research, 2017, 5(5): 481
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