Photonics Research, 2017, 5 (5): 05000481, Published Online: Sep. 20, 2017  

Electro-optic waveform interconnect based on quantum interference

Author Affiliations
1 School of Science, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao 266000, China
2 Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China
3 e-mail: wangzy@sari.ac.cn
4 Department of Physics, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
Abstract
The ability to modulate an optical field via an electric field is regarded as a key function of electro-optic interconnects, which are used in optical communications and information-processing systems. One of the main devices required for such interconnects is the electro-optic modulator (EOM). Current EOMs based on the electro-optic and electro-absorption effects often are bulky and power-inefficient due to the weak electro-optic properties of their constituent materials. Here, we propose a new mechanism to produce an arbitrary-waveform EOM based on quantum interference, in which both the real and imaginary parts of the susceptibility are engineered coherently with super-high efficiency. Based on this EOM, a waveform interconnect from the voltage to the modulated optical absorption is realized. We expect that such a new type of electro-optic interconnect will have a broad range of applications, including in optical communications and networks.

Li-Guo Qin, Zhong-Yang Wang, Shang-Qing Gong, Hong-Yang Ma. Electro-optic waveform interconnect based on quantum interference[J]. Photonics Research, 2017, 5(5): 05000481.

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