标题： 用于电光调制器的材料和设计选择指南以及近期二维材料硅调制器的演示 显示英文标题

标题： A Guide for Material and Design Choices for Electro-Optic Modulators and recent 2D-Material Silicon Modulator Demonstrations

摘要： 电光调制通过提供感知器的非线性激活函数，在通信、光束转向或类脑计算等技术相关功能中发挥重要作用。虽然硅光子学使光电设备的集成和因此的微型化成为可能，但硅的弱电光性能使得这些调制器相比电子领域的单个开关功能而言体积更大且功耗更高。为了更深入地了解调制器的物理特性和操作机制，异质集成新兴的电光活性材料可以实现将光的被动低损耗路由与主动光操控分离。在这里，我们讨论并回顾了我们在a) 电光调制器的基本性能向量，以及b) 将异质集成的新兴EO材料应用于Si光子学的最新进展，包括基于ITO的MZM、石墨烯混合等离子体以及使用微环谐振器的第一个TMD-MRR调制器。我们的结果表明了一条实现高效能且紧凑的基于硅光子学的调制器的可行路径。 显示英文摘要

摘要： Electro-optic modulation performs a technological relevant functionality such as for communication, beam steering, or neuromorphic computing through providing the nonlinear activation function of a perceptron. Wile Silicon photonics enabled the integration and hence miniaturization of optoelectronic devices, the weak electro-optic performance of Silicon renders these modulators to be bulky and power-hungry compared to a single switch functionality known from electronics. To gain deeper insights into the physics and operation of modulators hetero-generous integration of emerging electro-optically active materials could enable separating light passive and low-loss light routing from active light manipulation. Here we discuss and review our recent work on a) fundamental performance vectors of electro-optic modulators, and b) showcase recent development of heterogeneous-integrated emerging EO materials into Si-photonics to include an ITO-based MZM, a Graphene hybrid-plasmon and the first TMD-MRR modulator using a microring resonator. Our results indicate a viable path for energy efficient and compact Silicon photonic based modulators.