A simple method using photocurrent and power transmission for measuring the absorption coefficient in electroabsorption modulators

Author

Chin, M.K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., San Diego, CA, USA

Volume

4

Issue

8

fYear

1992

Firstpage

866

Lastpage

869

Abstract

A simple method of measuring the absorption coefficient in an electroabsorption modulator is important to both material characterization and device optimization. A variation of the photocurrent-optical-transmission method proposed by T.H. Wood (1986) for the absolute measurement of the absorption coefficient in both waveguide and planar modulators, is presented and illustrated with experimental data. The method given in this work is more accurate, does not require a guess of the absorption coefficient, and is not sensitive to the assumed form of the internal quantum efficiency. A method is also given for the measurement of the optical filling factor in waveguides.<>

Keywords

electro-optical devices; electroabsorption; optical constants; optical modulation; optical variables measurement; absorption coefficient; device optimization; electroabsorption modulators; internal quantum efficiency; material characterization; optical filling factor; photocurrent; photocurrent-optical-transmission method; planar modulators; power transmission; waveguide modulators; Absorption; Optical losses; Optical materials; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Photoconductivity; Power measurement; Power transmission; Propagation losses; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.149890

Filename

149890