Markus Woessner

TL;DR: In this article, the authors demonstrate an SOH Mach-Zehnder modulator with unprecedented efficiency: the 1-mm-long device consumes only 0.7ÕfJÕbit−1 to generate a 12.5ÕGbitÕs−1 data stream with a bit-error ratio below the threshold for harddecision forward-error correction.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate and compare a polymer composite, a dendron-based material, and a binary-chromophore organic glass (BCOG) approach resulting in silicon-organic hybrid Mach-Zehnder modulators that feature low products of down to 0.52 Vmm and support data rates of up to 40 Gbit/s.

TL;DR: This work reports on record-high electro-optic coefficients of up to 230 pm/V in silicon slot waveguide modulators, which allow for low drive voltage at 40 Gbit/s at a device length of only 250 μm.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors give an overview on the recent progress in the field of SOH modulators, covering highly efficient devices with energy consumptions of a few femtojoule per bit and modulator-based frequency comb generators that enable WDM data transmission at terabit/s data rates.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors give an overview of recent achievements in the field of SOH integration, covering in-device electro-optic coefficients r 33 in excess of 200 pm/V, highly efficient Mach-Zehnder modulators, IQ modulators and modulator-based frequency comb generators.