Lo, Ming Gai Stanley. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 131-135). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Title Page --- p.i / Abstract --- p.ii / Acknowledgements --- p.v / Table of Contents --- p.vii / List of Figures --- p.ix / List of Tabic --- p.xiv / Chapter Chapter 1: --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Photonic Integrated Circuits --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Silicon Photonics --- p.7 / Chapter 1.3 --- Optical Modulators --- p.15 / Chapter 1.4 --- Modulation Mechanisms in Silicon --- p.19 / Chapter 1.5 --- Motivation --- p.27 / Chapter 1.6 --- Thesis Outline --- p.28 / Chapter Chapter 2: --- Use of Silicon-bascd Modulators in Radio-over-fiber Optical Links --- p.29 / Chapter 2.1 --- Modeling of Linearity of Silicon Carrier Depletion-based Modulators --- p.31 / Chapter 2.2 --- Modeling of Dependence of Linearity on Various Diode Structures --- p.45 / Chapter 2.3 --- Experiment of Radio-over-Fiber Signal Transmission by a Carrier-Injection Silicon Microring Modulator --- p.52 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Device Fabrication --- p.53 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Experimental Setups --- p.59 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Experimental Results --- p.61 / Chapter 2.4 --- Summary --- p.66 / Chapter Chapter 3: --- Novel Diode Structures and T-Rail Travelling-Wave Electrodes to Enhance the Performance of Depletion-based Modulators --- p.67 / Chapter 3.1 --- Requirements of Diode Design for Depletion-based Optical Modulators --- p.70 / Chapter 3.2 --- Diode Design Principle --- p.72 / Chapter 3.3 --- Modeling Results of Vertical-Junction p-n Diodes --- p.79 / Chapter 3.4 --- Fabrication Process of the Silicon Modulator --- p.88 / Chapter 3.5 --- Experimental Results of the Fabricated Devices --- p.92 / Chapter 3.6 --- T-Rail Travelling-Wave Electrodes --- p.102 / Chapter 3.6.1 --- The Limiting Factors to the Speed of Depletion-based Modulators --- p.102 / Chapter 3.6.2 --- The Design Principle of T-Rail Travelling-Wave Electrodes --- p.104 / Chapter 3.6.3 --- The Fabricated Devices --- p.111 / Chapter 3.7 --- Summary --- p.112 / Chapter Chapter 4: --- Conclusion and Future Work --- p.113 / Chapter 4.1 --- Conclusion --- p.113 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Use of Silicon-based Modulators in Radio-over-fiber Optical Links --- p.113 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Novel Diode Structures and T-Rail Travelling-Wave Electrodes to Enhance the Performance of Depletion-based Modulators --- p.114 / Chapter 4.2 --- Future Work --- p.116 / Chapter Appcndix-A --- List of Symbols --- p.118 / Chapter Appcndix-B --- List of Abbreviations --- p.120 / Chapter Appcndix-C --- Principles of Various Optical Structures of Modulators --- p.123 / Chapter Appcndix-D --- Modeling of Refractive Index Change by Free-Carrier Plasma Dispersion Effcct --- p.127 / Reference --- p.131 / Publication List --- p.136

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