Authors:	T. Vanackere, M. Niels, E. Vissers, T. Zhai, P. Nenezic, J. Declerq, C. Bruynsteen, S. Niu, A. Moerman, O. Caytan, N. Singh, S. Lemey, X. Yin, S. Janssen, P. Verheyen, N. Singh, D. Bode, M. Davi, F. Ferraro, P. Absil, S. Balakrishnan, J. Van Campenhout, G. Roelkens, M. Billet, B. Kuyken
Title:	Lithium tantalate high-speed modulators on a silicon photonics platform
Format:	International Conference Proceedings
Publication date:	5/2025
Journal/Conference/Book:	Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
Editor/Publisher:	OPTICA,
Location:	Los Angeles, United States
DOI:	10.1364/CLEO_AT.2025.PD104_5
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Abstract

We present lithium tantalate high-speed modulators heterogeneously integrated on a back-end standard silicon photonics platform. The 7 mm long devices have a half-wave voltage of 3.5 V and a bandwidth >70 GHz.

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