Abstract
A high-speed compact silicon modulator based on the lateral capacitor configuration is experimentally demonstrated with low-power consumption and modulation depth. The capacitor layout is introduced to scale down the total modulator capacitance to , which effectively reduces the rf power consumption to . Exploiting the slow group velocity of light in the slot photonic crystal waveguides, the device reported herein exhibits higher modulation efficiency than conventional capacitor modulator and provides a figure of merit of at the wavelength of .
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