An ultrahigh-speed AlGaAs-GaAs polarization converter using slow-wave coplanar electrodes

Author

Rahmatian, Farnoosh ; Jaeger, Nicolas A F ; James, Robert ; Berolo, Ezio

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., British Columbia Univ., Vancouver, BC, Canada

Volume

10

Issue

5

fYear

1998

fDate

5/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

675

Lastpage

677

Abstract

A wide-band electrooptic polarization converter has been fabricated using slow-wave coplanar-strip electrodes on an AlGaAs-GaAs substrate. Microwave characteristics of the electrode have been measured up to 40 GHz. The microwave loss and the microwave index at 40 GHz are 0.4 Np/cm and 3.4, respectively. The optical measurements were done up to 20 GHz; a flat frequency response was observed.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; electro-optical modulation; electrodes; gallium arsenide; high-speed optical techniques; microwave measurement; optical communication equipment; optical fabrication; optical fibre communication; optical planar waveguides; optical waveguide components; ridge waveguides; semiconductor heterojunctions; slow wave structures; 20 GHz; 40 GHz; AlGaAs-GaAs; AlGaAs-GaAs substrate; fabrication; flat frequency response; microwave characteristics; microwave index; microwave loss; optical measurements; slow-wave coplanar electrodes; slow-wave coplanar-strip electrodes; ultrahigh-speed polarization converter; wide-band electrooptic polarization converter; Electrodes; Electrooptic modulators; High speed optical techniques; Optical buffering; Optical fiber communication; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Optical waveguides; Substrates; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.669244

Filename

669244