• DocumentCode
    2991185
  • Title

    High-Speed, Low-Driving-Voltage and Small-Footprint X-Cut Thin LiNbO3 Sheet Optical Modulator with a Folded Mach-Zehnder Waveguide

  • Author

    Aoki, Kenji ; Kondo, Jungo ; Iwata, Yuichi ; Hamajima, Akira ; Ejiri, Tetsuya ; Mitomi, Osamu ; Minakata, Makoto

  • Author_Institution
    NGK Insulators, Ltd., 2-56 Suda-cho, Mizhoku, Nagoya, 467-8530, Japan, E-mail: kaoki@ngk.co.jp
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    24-28 Sept. 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We proposed an X-cut thin LiNbO3 sheet modulator with a folded Mach-Zehnder waveguide. A small footprint of 1.78×29mm, a low half-wave voltage of 2.4V@DC, and a 3dBe modulation bandwidth of 14GHz were achieved.
  • Keywords
    Bandwidth; Electrodes; High speed optical techniques; Low voltage; Mirrors; Optical buffering; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Optical waveguides; Substrates;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cannes, France
  • Print_ISBN
    978-2-912328-39-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-2-912328-39-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801159
  • Filename
    4801159