Design and fabrication of an organic/inorganic hybrid co-planar waveguide electro-optic modulator

• Autorzy: Gao W. , Sun J. , Sun X. , Yan Y. , Gao L. , Zhang D.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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We have successfully designed and demonstrated a co-planar waveguide (CPW) Mach-Zehnder (MZ) electro-optic (EO) modulator using a strip-loaded waveguide structure. The hybrid material, easily synthesized by sol-gel process, with a large EO coefficient of r33 = 50 pm/V and a long- -term stability at 80 °C for 200 hours is selected as the active layer. A simple and easily fabricated strip-loaded waveguide structure is designed for utilizing the EO material and reducing the coupling loss with optical fiber. The optimized design principles of the efficient transmission for such a modulator are discussed. The measured half-wave voltage V? of 8.5 V for the MZ modulator is gained at 1550 nm and shows a good agreement with the simulating result.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

organic/inorganic; electro-optic modulator; strip-loaded; Mach-Zehnder

• Wydawca: Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Wrocławskiej
• Czasopismo: Optica Applicata
• Rocznik: 2009
• Tom: Vol. 39, nr 3
• Strony: 467--472
• Opis fizyczny: bibliogr. 13 poz.,

Twórcy

autor

Gao W.

autor

Sun J.

autor

Sun X.

autor

Yan Y.

autor

Gao L.

autor

Zhang D.

• State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P.R. China

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