Verified equivalent-circuit model for slot-waveguide modulators

Heiner Zwickel; Stefan Singer; Clemens Kieninger; Yasar Kutuvantavida; Narek Muradyan; Thorsten Wahlbrink; Shiyoshi Yokoyama; Sebastian Randel; Wolfgang Freude; Christian Koos

doi:10.1364/OE.383120

Verified equivalent-circuit model for slot-waveguide modulators

Heiner Zwickel, Stefan Singer, Clemens Kieninger, Yasar Kutuvantavida, Narek Muradyan, Thorsten Wahlbrink, Shiyoshi Yokoyama, Sebastian Randel, Wolfgang Freude, Christian Koos

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We formulate and experimentally validate an equivalent-circuit model based on distributed elements to describe the electric and electro-optic (EO) properties of travelling-wave silicon-organic hybrid (SOH) slot-waveguide modulators. The model allows to reliably predict the small-signal EO frequency response of the modulators exploiting purely electrical measurements of the frequency-dependent RF transmission characteristics. We experimentally verify the validity of our model, and we formulate design guidelines for an optimum trade-off between optical loss due to free-carrier absorption (FCA), electro-optic bandwidth, and π-voltage of SOH slot-waveguide modulators.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	12951-12976
Number of pages	26
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	28
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.383120
Publication status	Published - Apr 27 2020

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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