Document Type

Article

Source Publication Title

IEEE Photonics Journal

First Page

1

Last Page

12

DOI

10.1109/JPHOT.2017.2675619

Abstract

We demonstrate here a surface-normal ultracompact Fano resonance electro-optic spatial light modulator employing a stacked photonic crystal membrane capacitor-like structure. Vertically coupled optical resonance near 1.5 µm was observed, and both blue and red spectral shifts were achieved by means of appropriate electrical bias. A 200-MHz modulation bandwidth was obtained on a device with an 80 µm × 80 µm mesa area, while bandwidths in the gigahertz range are expected by shrinking the mesa lateral size down to 20 µm × 20 µm. We fabricated 6 × 6 arrays with different mesa sizes on a silicon-on-insulator platform, illustrating the potential of these devices in vertically integrated photonic technologies and for high-speed spatial light modulations.

Publication Date

3-1-2017

Language

English

Comments

This work was supported by the National Science Foundation through the Physics Frontier Center, Joint Quantum Institute. The work of W. Zhou was supported in part by US ARO (W911NF-15-1-0431, PM: Dr. M. Gerhold), in part by the US AFOSR (FA9550-16-1-0010, PM: Dr. G. Pomrenke), and in part by the NSF (ECCS 1308520).

Department of Electrical Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington

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