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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801159
