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Electro-optic modulators based on epitaxial barium titanate integrated on silicon can reach speeds up to 50 Gbit s–1.

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Fig. 1: BTO structure, silicon modulator and Si–BTO hybrid modulator.

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  1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

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  2. Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Mo Li

  3. Department of Electrical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

    Hong X. Tang

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Li, M., Tang, H.X. Strong Pockels materials. Nature Mater 18, 9–11 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-018-0259-2

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