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Optica Publishing Group
  • Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • Vol. 38,
  • Issue 10,
  • pp. 2782-2789
  • (2020)

Graphene on Silicon Modulators

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Abstract

Graphene is a 2D material with appealing electronic and optoelectronic properties. It is a zero-bandgap material with valence and conduction bands meeting in a single point (Dirac point) in the momentum space. Its conductivity can be changed by shifting the Fermi level energy via an external electric field. This important property determines broadband and tunable absorption at optical frequencies. Moreover, its conductivity is a complex quantity, i.e., Graphene exhibits both electro-absorption and electro-refraction tunability, and this is an intriguing property for photonic applications. For example, it can be combined as an active material for silicon waveguides to realize efficient detectors, switches, and modulators. In this article, we review our results in the field, focusing on graphene- based optical modulators integrated on Silicon photonic platforms. Results obtained in the fabrication of single and double-layer capacitive modulators are reported showing intensity and phase modulation, resilience of the generated signals to chromatic dispersion because of proper signal chirp and operation up to 50 Gb/s.

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