Optical Modulation With Silicon Microspheres

In this letter, a silicon microsphere coupled to a silica optical fiber half coupler has been characterized for electrooptical modulation in the L-band at 1.55 mum. Electrooptical modulation of the transmitted and the 90deg elastic scattered signals for both the TE and the TM polarizations of the microsphere resonances has been observed.

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