Title :
Periodic Loading and Selective Undercut Etching for High-Impedance Traveling-Wave Electroabsorption Modulators
Author :
Dummer, Matthew M. ; Klamkin, Jonathan ; Norberg, Erik J. ; Raring, James W ; Tauke-Pedretti, Anna ; Coldren, Larry A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
For the first time, selective undercut etching and periodically loaded electrodes are combined to improve impedance and velocity matching for traveling-wave electroabsorption modulators. These devices are fabricated in a platform compatible with widely tunable lasers.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; etching; impedance matching; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; impedance matching; periodic loading; periodically loaded electrodes; selective undercut etching; traveling-wave electroabsorption modulators; tunable lasers; velocity matching; Electrodes; Impedance; Laboratories; Optical design; Optical modulation; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides; Scattering parameters; Waveguide lasers; Wet etching;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528440
