Demonstration of ultrathin film silicon-organic hybrid modulator with long-term stability in a damp heat environment

Yang Feng; Yilang Hu; Yanmei Li; Di Zhang; Zhanshi Yao; Jingdong Luo; Feng He; Jianan Duan; Yong Yao; Lei Wang; Xiaochuan Xu

doi:10.3788/COL202523.051303

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 5, 051303(2025)

Demonstration of ultrathin film silicon-organic hybrid modulator with long-term stability in a damp heat environment

Yang Feng^1,2, Yilang Hu^1,2, Yanmei Li^1,2, Di Zhang⁵, Zhanshi Yao⁴, Jingdong Luo⁵, Feng He^1,2, Jianan Duan^1,2, Yong Yao^1,2, Lei Wang³, and Xiaochuan Xu^1,2,3、*

Author Affiliations

¹National Key Laboratory of Laser Spatial Information, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China

²Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Integrated Photonic-Electronic Chip, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aerospace Communication and Networking Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China

³National Peng Cheng Laboratory (PCL), Shenzhen 518000, China

⁴Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen 518129, China

⁵Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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Paper Information

Category: Integrated Optics

Received: Nov. 11, 2024

Accepted: Dec. 18, 2024

Published Online: Apr. 30, 2025

The Author Email: Xiaochuan Xu (xuxiaochuan@hit.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202523.051303

CSTR:32184.14.COL202523.051303

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