High-speed optical interconnects are crucial for both data centers and high performance
computing systems. High power consumption and limited device bandwidth have hindered …

Of all oxides, lithium niobate (LiNbO_3) is the gold standard electro-optical material in fiber-
optic transmission systems. Modulators based on diffused waveguides in bulk LiNbO_3 …

The wavelength band near 1300 nm is attractive for many telecommunications applications,
yet there are few results in silicon that demonstrate high-speed modulation in this band. We …

Electro-optic (EO) ring resonator modulators have a number of communications and
scientific applications, including analog optical links, optical signal processing, and …

Integrated lithium niobate (LN) photonics is a promising platform for future chip-scale
microwave photonics systems owing to its unique electro-optic properties, low optical loss …

We present a highly linear ring modulator from the bonding of ion-sliced x-cut lithium niobate
onto a silicon ring resonator. The third order intermodulation distortion spurious free …

We demonstrate a fully independent differential-drive capable of traveling-wave modulator
in silicon using slow-wave transmission line electrode. The reported 3.5-mm device …

This chapter focuses on the paradigm shift in design and utilization of organic electro-optic
(OEO) materials that has occurred since 2005 and discusses the potential impact on …

We demonstrate a Linearized Ring Assisted Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (L-RAMZI)
modulator in a miniature silicon device. We measure a record high degree of linearization …

We present a silicon photonic dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) operating near
1550 nm used for four-level pulse amplitude modulation (PAM-4). The differential and …