Abstract
We propose a novel design of an ultra-small footprint silicon photonic modulator based on the fast charging and discharging of a graphene capacitor using a photonic bandgap structure. The device length is about 6 μm and with about 1 Vpp the modulator should attain 15 dB extinction ratio due to the high mode confinement of the photonic bandgap microcavity. Graphene’s exceptional electro-optical properties makes it suitable for single carrier 100Gbit/s modulation.
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