Title :
Thin-film Mach-Zehnder lithium niobate optical modulator on silicon substrates with VπL of 4 V·cm
Author :
Rabiei, Payam ; Jichi Ma ; Chiles, Jeff ; Khan, Sharifullah ; Fathpour, Sasan
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. & Photonics, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
Y-cut lithium niobate Mach-Zehnder optical modulators with record-low half-voltage length-product of 4 V·cm are demonstrated. A novel fabrication method that allows low-loss, high-index-contrast waveguides of lithium niobate on silicon substrate is used.
Keywords :
integrated optics; lithium compounds; optical communication equipment; optical fabrication; optical losses; optical modulation; optical waveguides; thin films; LiNbO3-Si; Si; Y-cut thin-film Mach-Zehnder lithium niobate optical modulator; half-voltage length-product; low-loss high-index-contrast waveguides; silicon substrates;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC 2013), 39th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
London
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-84919-759-5
DOI :
10.1049/cp.2013.1585
