In order to meet the requirements of silicon optical interconnect applications with high data bandwidths
the designofhigh-speed silicon optical modulators is of vital importance. Based on the silicon photonic SOI process of IMEC
a driving electrode for a low-loss and high-bandwidth traveling wave MZ modulator is proposed. Based on a detailed analysis of the effects of skin effects
traveling wave loss
proximity effects and other physical effects on the traveling wave electrode signal
a small amount of metal with a certain width is added to the top of traveling wave electrode
which leads to the low-frequency loss of MZ modulator decreasing by 13% and the high-frequency lossdecreasing by 5%. Additionally
the 3dB bandwidth of MZ modulator is enhanced to 28GHz.
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