Title :
Millimeter-wave ring resonator based electro-optic polymer modulator
Author :
Tazawa, Hidehisa ; Bortnik, Bart ; Hung, Yu-Chueh ; Fetterman, Harold R. ; Steier, William H. ; Luo, Jingdong ; Jen, Alex K-Y.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Abstract :
We demonstrate electro-optic modulation at 81 GHz, 108 GHz, and 133 GHz using traveling-wave electro-optic polymer modulators based upon ring resonators. We show that ring resonator type modulators have significant advantages for high-speed modulation.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; microwave photonics; millimetre wave devices; optical polymers; optical resonators; electro-optic modulation; frequency 108 GHz; frequency 133 GHz; frequency 81 GHz; high speed modulation; millimeter wave ring resonator; traveling-wave electro-optic polymer modulator; Bandwidth; Electrodes; Electrooptic modulators; Electrooptical waveguides; Frequency modulation; Modulation coding; Optical modulation; Optical polymers; Optical ring resonators; Radio frequency; (250.2080) Electro-optic polymers; (250.7360) Waveguide modulators;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627662
