High-speed silicon photonic electro-optic Kerr modulation

Jonathan Peltier; Weiwei Zhang; Leopold Virot; Christian Lafforgue; Lucas Deniel; Delphine Marris-Morini; Guy Aubin; Farah Amar; Denh Tran; Xingzhao Yan; Callum G. Littlejohns; Carlos Alonso-Ramos; Ke Li; David J. Thomson; Graham Reed; Laurent Vivien

doi:10.1364/PRJ.488867

Photonics Research, Volume. 12, Issue 1, 51(2024)

High-speed silicon photonic electro-optic Kerr modulation

Jonathan Peltier^1,2,4、*, Weiwei Zhang^3,5、*, Leopold Virot², Christian Lafforgue¹, Lucas Deniel¹, Delphine Marris-Morini¹, Guy Aubin¹, Farah Amar¹, Denh Tran³, Xingzhao Yan³, Callum G. Littlejohns³, Carlos Alonso-Ramos¹, Ke Li³, David J. Thomson³, Graham Reed³, and Laurent Vivien¹

Author Affiliations

¹University Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (C2N), Palaiseau 91120, France

²University Grenoble Alpes, CEA, LETI, Grenoble 38000, France

³Optoelectronics Research Centre, Zepler Institute for Photonics and Nanoelectronics, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK

⁴e-mail: jonathan.peltier@c2n.upsaclay.fr

⁵e-mail: Weiwei.Zhang@soton.ac.uk

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Paper Information

Category: Silicon Photonics

Received: Feb. 28, 2023

Accepted: Aug. 7, 2023

Published Online: Dec. 14, 2023

The Author Email: Jonathan Peltier (jonathan.peltier@c2n.upsaclay.fr), Weiwei Zhang (Weiwei.Zhang@soton.ac.uk)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.488867

CSTR:32188.14.PRJ.488867

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