Z. Li, D. Xu, R. Mckinnon, S. Janz, J. Schmid, J. Lapointe, P. Cheben, J.Z. Yu
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Abstract
We present the novel design of a silicon modulator with low operation voltage of les3 V by employing periodically interleaved pn junctions. Simulations predict that in depletion mode it has a high modulation efficiency of better than 1.5 Vldrcm.