Title :
High speed polymer electro-optic modulators
Author :
Steier, W.H. ; Szep, A. ; Kuo, Y.-H. ; Rabiei, P. ; Ahn, S.-W. ; Oh, M.C. ; Zhang, H. ; Zhang, C. ; Erlig, H. ; Tsap, B. ; Fetterman, H.R. ; Chang, D.H. ; Dalton, L.R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We have used this polymer technology to fabricate modulators with balanced outputs by including a 3 dB coupler on the output and incorporated them in a digital time delay array. Arrays of RF photonic phase shifter operating at 20 GHz has also been demonstrated. For more complex integrated optical circuits, it will be important to use low loss passive polymers to interconnect the active polymer devices
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; microwave phase shifters; microwave photonics; optical arrays; optical losses; optical phase shifters; optical polymers; 20 GHz; RF photonic phase shifter arrays; active polymer devices; balanced outputs; coupler; digital time delay array; high speed polymer electro-optic modulators; integrated optical circuits; low loss passive polymers; modulators; polymer technology; Coupling circuits; Delay effects; Digital modulation; Electrooptic modulators; High speed optical techniques; Integrated circuit technology; Optical polymers; Phase shifters; Phased arrays; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7105-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2001.969236
