DocumentCode
3075602
Title
Novel waveguide and materials structure for wideband electroabsorption modulator
Author
Yu, P.K.L. ; Chang, W.S.C. ; Zhuang, Y. ; Chen, A.J.X. ; Wu, Y. ; Chen, W.X. ; Shubin, I.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., La Jolla, CA, USA
fYear
2003
fDate
10-12 Sept. 2003
Firstpage
157
Lastpage
160
Abstract
Traveling-wave electroabsorption modulator using intra-step-barrier quantum well and peripheral coupled waveguide are designed and tested for analog fiber link applications. The resulting device has demonstrated high optical power handling and low Vπ properties.
Keywords
III-V semiconductors; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; microwave photonics; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical fibre communication; optical losses; optical waveguides; semiconductor quantum wells; InGaAsP-InGaAs; analog fiber link applications; intrastep-barrier quantum well; peripheral coupled waveguide; traveling-wave electroabsorption modulator; Chirp modulation; Digital systems; High speed optical techniques; Optical attenuators; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical saturation; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Wideband;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Photonics, 2003. MWP 2003 Proceedings. International Topical Meeting on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8691-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MWP.2003.1422853
Filename
1422853
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