Title :
Optimal design of EO polymer modulator with high operating bandwidth
Author :
Alphones, Arokiaswami ; Yali, Guan ; Ramana, Pamidighantam V. ; Pethkar, S. ; Sudharsanam, Krishnamachari ; Iyer, M.K. ; Yibin Lu
Author_Institution :
Sch. of IEEE, Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
In this paper, we designed a polymer EO modulator which can operate up to 80 GHz. The close velocity match of optical wave with RF signal can be achieved by adding a buffer layer over the electrodes. But the characteristic impedance and attenuation constant of the electrodes have no significant variation.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; electro-optical modulation; optical waveguides; 80 GHz; MZ interferometer-type modulator; attenuation constant; characteristic impedance; electrode buffer layer; high operating bandwidth modulator; optical wave/RF signal velocity match; polymer EO modulator; polymer waveguide; Bandwidth; Electrodes; Electrooptic modulators; Optical attenuators; Optical buffering; Optical modulation; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Polymers;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics Packaging Technology, 2003 5th Conference (EPTC 2003)
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8205-6
DOI :
10.1109/EPTC.2003.1271600
