• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 9, Issue 4, 535 (2021)
Xi Wang1、†, Weihong Shen2、†, Wenxiang Li1, Yingjie Liu1, Yong Yao1, Jiangbing Du2、3、*, Qinghai Song1, and Ke Xu1、4、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Electronic & Information Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 3e-mail: dujiangbing@sjtu.edu.cn
  • 4e-mail: kxu@hit.edu.cn
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    Xi Wang, Weihong Shen, Wenxiang Li, Yingjie Liu, Yong Yao, Jiangbing Du, Qinghai Song, Ke Xu. High-speed silicon photonic Mach–Zehnder modulator at 2 μm[J]. Photonics Research, 2021, 9(4): 535 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Recently, 2-μm wave band has gained increasing interest due to its potential application for next-generation optical communication. But the development of 2-μm optical communications is substantially hampered by the modulation speed due to the device bandwidth constraints. Thus, a high-speed modulator is highly demanded at 2 μm. Motivated by this prospect, we demonstrate a high-speed silicon Mach–Zehnder modulator for a 2-μm wave band. The device is configured as a single-ended push–pull structure with waveguide electrorefraction via the free carrier plasma effect. The modulator was fabricated via a multiproject wafer shuttle run at a commercial silicon photonic foundry. The modulation efficiency of a single arm is measured to be 1.6 V·cm. The high-speed characterization is also performed, and the modulation speed can reach 80 Gbit/s with 4-level pulse amplitude modulation (PAM-4) formats.
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    Xi Wang, Weihong Shen, Wenxiang Li, Yingjie Liu, Yong Yao, Jiangbing Du, Qinghai Song, Ke Xu. High-speed silicon photonic Mach–Zehnder modulator at 2 μm[J]. Photonics Research, 2021, 9(4): 535
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