Authors:	T. Reep, C. Wu, Z. Wang, S. Brems, S. Clemmen, C. Huyghebaert, J. Van Campenhout, M. Pantouvaki, D. Van Thourhout, B. Kuyken
Title:	Saturable absorption of a double layer graphene modulator on a slot waveguide
Format:	International Conference Proceedings
Publication date:	10/2022
Journal/Conference/Book:	IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC)
DOI:	10.1109/IPC53466.2022.9975477
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Abstract

The saturable absorption of a double-layer graphene modulator is experimentally demonstrated on a silicon slot waveguide platform. Saturation was found to start at ∼0.8W with a maximum saturation depth of 1.9 dB for a 50 μm long graphene modulator.

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