Ge/SiGe quantum well optical modulator

Delphine Marris-Morini; Papichaya Chaisakul; Mohamed-Saïd Rouifed; Jacopo Frigerio; Giovanni Isella; Daniel Chrastina; Xavier Le Roux; Samson Edmond; Jean-René Coudevylle; Laurent Vivien

doi:10.1117/12.2019068

7 May 2013 Ge/SiGe quantum well optical modulator

Delphine Marris-Morini, Papichaya Chaisakul, Mohamed-Saïd Rouifed, Jacopo Frigerio, Giovanni Isella, Daniel Chrastina, Xavier Le Roux, Samson Edmond, Jean-René Coudevylle, Laurent Vivien

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Proceedings Volume 8781, Integrated Optics: Physics and Simulations; 87810Y (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2019068
Event: SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics, 2013, Prague, Czech Republic

Abstract

We report different experimental results showing the large potential of Ge/SiGe quantum well structures as a promising solution forlow power consumption and large bandwidth optical modulators in silicon photonics technology. First, high speed operation of such a Ge/SiGe multiple quantum well (MQW) electro-absorption modulator is reported, with 23 GHz bandwidth demonstrated from a 3 μm wide and 90 μm long Ge/SiGe MQW waveguide. Then the flexibility to shift the absorption band edge from 1.42 to 1.3 μm is illustrated by strain engineering of the Ge wells. Finally electrorefraction by Quantum Confined Stark Effect (QCSE) is demonstrated, opening the route towards phase modulators based on Ge/SiGe MQWs.

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Delphine Marris-Morini, Papichaya Chaisakul, Mohamed-Saïd Rouifed, Jacopo Frigerio, Giovanni Isella, Daniel Chrastina, Xavier Le Roux, Samson Edmond, Jean-René Coudevylle, and Laurent Vivien "Ge/SiGe quantum well optical modulator", Proc. SPIE 8781, Integrated Optics: Physics and Simulations, 87810Y (7 May 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2019068

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