Title :
Calculation of the half-wave voltage of a traveling-wave Mach-Zehnder modulator by the finite element method
Author :
Hui, Kwok Wah ; Chiang, Kin S. ; Wu, B.Y.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., City Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong kong
Abstract :
The half-wave voltage of a Mach-Zehnder intensity modulator with a buried coplanar waveguide electrode is calculated by the finite element method. It is found that the half-wave voltage is insensitive to the electrode thickness, but decreases with increasing depth of the electrode
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; coplanar waveguides; electro-optical modulation; finite element analysis; buried coplanar waveguide electrode; electrode depth; electrode thickness; finite element method; half-wave voltage; traveling-wave Mach-Zehnder modulator; Coplanar waveguides; Electrodes; Electrooptic modulators; Finite element methods; Optical buffering; Optical modulation; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference Proceedings, 1997. APMC '97, 1997 Asia-Pacific
Print_ISBN :
962-442-117-X
DOI :
10.1109/APMC.1997.659380
