Electrooptic polymer modulators with an inverted-rib waveguide structure

Author

Seong-Ku Kim ; Zhang, H. ; Chang, D.H. ; Zhang, C. ; Wang, C. ; Steier, W.H. ; Fetterman, H.R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

15

Issue

2

fYear

2003

Firstpage

218

Lastpage

220

Abstract

Polymeric APC-CPW electrooptic modulators incorporating an inverted-rib waveguide structure were fabricated and tested for the first time. The inverted structure greatly simplifies fabrication procedures, and additionally improves propagation loss performance. Mach-Zehnder electrooptic modulators fabricated using this structure exhibited 6 dB of fiber-to-fiber insertion loss for 2.3-cm length and 6 V of driving voltage for a one-arm micro-strip electrode of 1.5-cm interaction length, at a wavelength of 1.55 μm.

Keywords

electro-optical modulation; optical fabrication; optical fibre couplers; optical losses; optical polymers; optical waveguides; rib waveguides; 1.5 cm; 1.55 micron; 2.3 cm; 6 V; 6 dB; Mach-Zehnder electrooptic modulators; driving voltage; electrooptic polymer modulators; fiber-to-fiber insertion loss; interaction length; inverted-rib waveguide structure; one-arm micro-strip electrode; polymeric APC-CPW electrooptic modulators; propagation loss performance; Electrodes; Electrooptic modulators; Electrooptical waveguides; Fabrication; Insertion loss; Optical fiber testing; Performance loss; Polymers; Propagation losses; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2002.806861

Filename

1174125