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A Ridge-type Silicon Waveguide Optical Modulator Based on Graphene and Black Phosphorus Heterojunction

  • Zhenglei Zhou;Jianhua Li;Desheng Yin;Xing Chen
    • Current Optics and Photonics
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.399-405
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    • 2024
  • In this paper, an optical modulator based on monolayer graphene and triple-layer black phosphorus (BP) heterojunction in the optical communication band range is designed. The influences of geometric parameters, chemical potential, BP orientation and dispersion on the fundamental mode of this modulator were determined in detail by the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. Using appropriate geometric parameter settings, the extinction ratio of this proposed modulator is 0.166 dB, while the modulator with a working length of 3 ㎛ can realize a 0.498 dB modulation depth. The 3-dB bandwidth of this modulator could achieve up to 2.65 GHz with 27.23 fJ/bit energy consumption. The extinction ratio and bandwidth of the proposed modulator increased by 66% and 120.83%, respectively, compared to the monolayer graphene-based ridge-type waveguide modulator. Energy consumption was reduced by 97.28%, compared to a double-layer graphene-based modulator.

Fabrication and characterization of X-cut LiNbO$_3$optical modulator using self-aligned method (자기정열 방식을 이용한 X-cut LiNbO$_3$ 광 변조기 제작과 특성)

  • 강기성;채기병;소대화
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 1992.05a
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    • pp.54-57
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    • 1992
  • An electro-optical single modulator is fabricated in X-cut LiNbO$_3$by the annealed proton exchange and self-aligned method. First, the effect of annealing is characterized by examining single optical modulator. It is found that by controlling the annealing time, the single optical modulator can be made widely variable. The on-off state of modulator is performed by annealing process and self-aligned electrodes are used in fabricating the single modulator. The optical single modulator has very good figures of merits : the measured on-off switching voltage of about 2.7V.

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Fabrication and Properties of CPW Electrode for Optical Modulator (광변조기용 CPW 전극제작 및 특성)

  • 임영삼;김영준;박계춘
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 1999.06a
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    • pp.962-965
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    • 1999
  • We designed and fabricated a travelingwave CPW(coplanar waveguide) electrode for LiNbO$_3$ optical modulator. To Investigate the variation of microwave refractive index of these electrodes, we prepared the CPW electrode samples as a function of electrode thickness and measured the TDR and S-parameter. From this results, we could know the electrode conditions of index matching to 2.20 for 1550nm optical wave index for applying LiNbO$_3$ optical modulator and described. Also, we discussed the some properties of CPW electrode for applying LiNbO$_3$ optical modulator.

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GaAs/AlGaAs MQW waveguide phase modulator with optical bistability (광쌍안정을 갖는 GaAs/AlGaAs MQW 도파로형 위상 광변조기)

    • Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.280-286
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    • 1996
  • This paper describes operation mechanism of a novel optical waveguide phase modulator with optical bistability characteristics by self electro-optic effect. The fabricated device structure is an optical waveguide modulator, using a refractive index change by an applied electric field, parallel integrated with SEED with an electrical bistability. GaAs/AlGaAs MQW is used as the core layer of the waveguide modulator and the absorption layer of SEED. The absorbed optical power in SEED changes the diode voltage and controls the optical power propagating through the waveguide phase modulator. Optical bistability of waveguide phase modulator is experimentally obtained by using electrical bistability of SEED. Compared to other waveguide modulators, the proposed one has an asset that the lowest optical power is required to generate optical bistability.

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External Optical Modulator Using a Low-cost Fabry-Perot LD for Multicasting in a WDM-PON

  • Lee, Hyuek-Jae
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.227-231
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    • 2011
  • An external optical modulation using absorption s in a Fabry-Perot laser diode (FP-LD), has been proposed and experimentally demonstrated for multicasting in a WDM-PON. The center wavelengths of absorption s in an FP-LD move to short-wavelength rapidly by only a small current (~1 mA) injection. If the current injection is stopped, the s move back to the original position. Such a movement of the s can make the FP-LD act as an external optical modulator, which is found to modulate at a maximum modulation speed of 800 Mbps or more. For a multicasting transmitter in a WDM-PON, the proposed modulator can be cost-effectively applied to a multi-wavelength laser source with the same periodicity of the longitudinal mode. Instead of the multi-wavelength laser source, tunable-LDs are used for experiments. The 32 channel multicasting system with the proposed modulator has been demonstrated, showing power penalties of 1.53~4.15 dB at a bit error rate of $10^{-9}$ with extinction ratios better than 14.5 dB at 622 Mbps.

Dispersion Tolerance for Optical Duobinary Transmitters based on a Mach-Zehnder Modulator and an Optical Filter (마크-젠더 변조기와 광 필터를 사용한 광 듀오바이너리 송신기의 분산 내성에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Dong-Soo
    • The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.141-145
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    • 2011
  • We theoretically investigated dispersion tolerance of an optical duobinary transmitter employed a Mach-Zehnder modulator and an optical filter. Compared to the optical transmitter based on a Mach-Zehnder modulator and an optical delay interferometer by optimizing the applied voltage for improving the dispersion tolerance, the demonstrated duobinary transmitter provides improved receiver sensitivity and higher dispersion tolerance while maintaining narrow spectral bandwidth.

Development of 5Gbps Ti:LiNbO$_3$ Mach-Zehnder Interferometric Optical Modulator for High-speed Optical Communications (초고속 광통신용 5Gbps 급 Ti:LiNbO$_3$ Mach-Zehnder interferometric 광변조기 개발)

  • 김성구;윤형도;윤대원;유용택
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 1997.11a
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    • pp.477-479
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    • 1997
  • The preparation of mach-zehnder inteferometric optical modulator and the properties of electrode and modulation bandwidth for high speed optical communications were described. The results of fabricated optical modulator was that optical 3-dB bandwidth 4.7GHz, driving voltage 6V and fiber-waveguide-fiber insertion loss 4.5dB for TM mode respectively.

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25-Gb/s Optical Transmitter with Si Ring Modulator and CMOS Driver

  • Rhim, Jinsoo;Lee, Jeong-Min;Yu, Byung-Min;Ban, Yoojin;Cho, Seong-Ho;Choi, Woo-Young
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.18 no.5
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    • pp.564-568
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    • 2014
  • We present a 25-Gb/s optical transmitter composed of a Si ring modulator and CMOS driver circuit. The Si ring modulator is realized with 220-nm Si-on-insulator process and the driver circuit with 65-nm CMOS process. The modulator and the driver are hybrid-integrated on the printed circuit board with bonding wires. The driver is designed so that the parasitic bonding wire inductance provides enhanced driver bandwidth. The transmitter successfully demonstrates 25-Gb/s operation.

Variable and Flexible Optical Frequency Comb Source using Dual Mach Zehnder Modulator and Phase Modulator

  • Naveed, Abbas;Choi, Bong-Soo;Tran, ThanhTuan;Seo, Dongsun
    • Journal of IKEEE
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.385-391
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    • 2016
  • We demonstrated experimentally a variable optical frequency comb source using a cascaded dual parallel Mach Zehnder modulator (DPMZM) and a phase modulator (PM). With this simple configuration and applying low drive voltages, we generated variable comb source composed of spectral lines 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 with 10-GHz frequency spacing, also generated 2 and 3 spectral lines with 20 GHz frequency spacing. The generated comb source maintains high spectral coherence across the entire bandwidth with good spectral flatness (within 1-dB for 2, 3, 5, 7 comb lines, within 2-dB for 9-comb lines and within 3-dB for 11 comb lines). The flat and variable comb source is mainly achieved by manipulating 6 operating parameters of DPMZM, setting RF amplifier gain, connected at phase modulator and phase shifters. Hence the method is simple and offers great flexibility in achieving flat and variable comb spectrum, which is experimentally demonstrated. This brings advantages of power efficiency due to low driving voltages, simplicity and cost effectiveness to the system.