Title :
40GHz zero chirp single-ended EO polymer modulators with low half-wave voltage
Author :
Yu, Guomin ; Mallari, Jonathan ; Shen, Hao ; Miller, Eric ; Wei, Cailin ; Shofman, Vadim ; Jin, Dan ; Chen, Baoquan ; Chen, Hui ; Dinu, Raluca
Author_Institution :
GigOptix Inc., Bothell, WA, USA
Abstract :
Broadband single-ended EO polymer modulators have been designed, fabricated and tested. These modulators have a bandwidth of 40.2 GHz, chirp parameter of -0.03, half-wave voltage of 1.9 V, extinction ratio of 20 dB and optical insertion loss of 5.8 dB.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; electro-optical modulation; optical communication equipment; optical fabrication; optical polymers; bandwidth 40.2 GHz; broadband single ended electro-optic polymer modulators; chirp parameter; loss 5.8 dB; low half wave voltage; voltage 1.9 V; zero chirp single ended electro-optic polymer modulators; Bandwidth; Chirp; Electrooptic modulators; Electrooptical waveguides; Optical fibers; Polymers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
