DocumentCode
520261
Title
Compact GaAs electro-optic (EO) modulator with ultra low switching voltage and large bandwidth enabled by transparent conducting (TC) bridge electrodes
Author
Yi, Fei ; Ou, Fang ; Liu, Boyang ; Huang, Yingyan ; Ho, Seng-Tiong
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA
fYear
2010
fDate
16-21 May 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We propose a compact GaAs EO modulator structure with ultra low switching voltage (~0.5V) and large modulation bandwidth (f3dBo ≈ 50GHz), enabled by transparent conducting (TC) material as bridge electrodes.
Keywords
III-V semiconductors; electro-optical modulation; gallium arsenide; optical switches; GaAs; electro-optic modulator; large bandwidth; transparent conducting bridge electrodes; ultra low switching voltage; Bandwidth; Bridge circuits; Electrodes; Electrooptic modulators; Electrooptical waveguides; Gallium arsenide; Low voltage; Optical buffering; Optical refraction; Optical waveguides;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Type
conf
Filename
5499830
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