Hybrid Silicon Photonic – Lithium Niobate Electro-Optic Mach-Zehnder Modulator Beyond 100 GHz

Hybrid Silicon Photonic – Lithium Niobate Electro-Optic Mach-Zehnder Modulator Beyond 100 GHz Peter O. Weigel1,*, Jie Zhao1, Kelvin Fang1, Hasan Al-Rubaye1, Douglas Trotter2, Dana Hood2, John Mudrick2, Christina Dallo2, Andrew T. Pomerene2, Andrew L. Starbuck2, Christopher T. DeRose2, Anthony L. Lentine2, Gabriel Rebeiz1 and Shayan Mookherjea1,* 1 University of California, San Diego, Electrical & Computer Engineering, La Jolla, California 92093-0407, USA 2 Sandia National Laboratories, Applied Microphotonic Systems, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87185, USA

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