High-Speed and Low-Power Optical Modulators: Materials and Devices
A Special Issue of Optics (ISSN 2673-3269).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2027 | Viewed by 253
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Interests: optical waveguide; sensors and devices; biophotonic sensors; optical networks; micro and nano devices; quantum optic sensors; optical devices for quantum computing and quantum communication
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Optical modulators are fundamental components in modern fiber-optic communication systems, and their importance is rapidly growing with the explosive expansion of AI-driven data centers. As data traffic continues to surge, reducing power consumption has become a central challenge. Direct communication systems without digital signal processors (DSPs) are emerging as a highly promising approach to substantially decrease energy consumption and system complexity. Against this backdrop, high-speed, low-power optical modulators are attracting increasing attention from both academia and industry.
This Special Issue will present the most recent advances in high-speed and low-power optical modulators, encompassing varied materials, device architectures, and design methodologies. We invite contributions addressing fundamental and applied aspects of modulator research. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Electrode design and traveling-wave structures for broadband modulation;
- Novel electro-optic materials, including organic polymers, ferroelectrics, and 2D materials;
- Device architectures for DSP-free and direct detection systems;
- Fabrication technologies and integration with silicon photonics platforms;
- Characterization methods and modeling of high-frequency electro-optic response;
- Characterization of electro-optic response and novel method.
Prof. Dr. Yasufumi Enami
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- electro-optic modulator
- traveling-wave electrode
- optical communication
- thin-film platform
- organic electro-optic polymer
- silicon photonics
- DSP-free transmission
- bandwidth enhancement
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