Integrated Pockels Modulators on Silicon Photonics Platform

• Published in: Advanced Physics Research Vol. 4; no. 4
• Main Authors: Shen, Jian, Zhang, Yong, Chen, Yuqi, Zhou, Wenfeng, Zhang, Xun, Sun, Min, Wang, Xin, Zhang, Lei, Li, Xingfeng, Li, Jingchi, Su, Yikai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Edinburgh John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.04.2025; Wiley-VCH
• Subjects: Bandwidths; Communication; Electric fields; Electrodes; electro‐optic modulation; Energy consumption; Fabrication; Integrated circuits; integrated photonics; Lidar; Microwave photonics; Modulation; modulation metrics; Modulators; Photonics; Pockels effect; Semiconductors; Silicon nitride; Space communication; Thin films; thin‐film materials; Waveguides

Electro‐optic (EO) modulators are essential components in various fields, including optical communication, free‐space communication, microwave photonics, sensing, and light detection and ranging. The EO modulation enables the fast conversion of electric signals into optical signals, facilitating the...