[TuP4-D] Poster Session 1

[TuP4-D1] Ultra-High Modulation Efficiency and Polarization-Insensitive Cadmium Oxide-Silicon Based Electro-Absorption Modulator

Yin Xu^1,2, 〇Feng Li^1,2, Zhe Kang¹, Xianting Zhang¹, Dongmei Huang¹, Hwa-Yaw Tam¹, P. K. A. Wai¹ (¹The Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ., Hong Kong, ²The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Shenzhen Research Institute, China)

Keywords:Optical modulators , Novel photonic materials for active devices

We propose an ultra-high modulation efficiency and polarization-insensitive electro-absorption modulator based on a hybrid cadmium oxide-silicon waveguide. The modulation efficiency of ~8.01 dB/μm is achieved for both polarizations, resulting a short device length (3 μm).