Abstract
Due to the resonant nature and silicon’s strong optical nonlinearity, the system’s performance of silicon micro-ring modulators can be seriously affected by the input optical power. In this Letter, we proposed and experimentally demonstrated a multi-mode silicon micro-ring modulator to mitigate its optical nonlinear effects by operating in the TE1 mode. The TE1 mode features a high nonlinear threshold compared with the TE0 mode because of its larger waveguide loss and larger mode effective area. Under the condition of 10 mW optical input power, the resonance spectrum maintains a good symmetric Lorentz shape. The resonant wavelength shifts less than one resonance linewidth, showing an improved robustness to optical nonlinearity compared with regular silicon micro-ring modulators.
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