Title :
Compound semiconductor electro-optic modulators for microwave photonics applications
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
Compound semiconductor electro-optic modulators based on substrate-removal are described. Modulators with metal and buried electrodes in bulk GaAs have Vπ of 5 V and 0.3 V respectively. For both types bandwidths exceeding 35 GHz were also demonstrated.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; electro-optical modulation; gallium arsenide; microwave photonics; GaAs; bulk GaAs; buried electrode; compound semiconductor electro-optic modulators; metal electrode; microwave photonics applications; substrate removal; voltage 0.3 V; voltage 5 V; Electrodes; Electrooptic modulators; Optical device fabrication; Optical waveguides; Substrates;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656501