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Ultralow power silicon microdisk modulators and switches

Watts, Michael W.; Trotter, Douglas C.; Young, Ralph W.; Lentine, Anthony L.

We demonstrate a 4μm silicon microdisk modulator with a power consumption of 85fJ/bit. The modulator utilizes a reverse-biased. vertical p-n junction to achieve 10Gb/s data transmission, with 3.5V drive voltage, BER<10-12, and without signal pre-emphasis. High-speed silicon bandpass switches are constructed from pairs of modulators. © 2008 IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.