ABSTRACT
The interest in silicon photonics continues to grow, as it is now considered to have potential applications in telecommunication and data communications [1]. One of the key challenges for the development of silicon photonics are high speed, low loss, and compact modulators. Research in this area has shown amazing growth just within the last decade. With the rst silicon-based modulator showing 1 GHz bandwidth demonstrated fairly
CONTENTS
9.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 439 Delphine Marris-Morini
9.2 Electrorefraction Mechanisms ......................................................................................... 441 Richard A. Soref
9.2.1 The Kerr and Franz-Keldysh Effects ..................................................................443 9.2.2 Thermo-Optical Modulation ................................................................................444 9.2.3 Free-Carrier Plasma Dispersion Effects .............................................................445 9.2.4 Recent Approaches to Free Carrier Modulators ................................................448
