Title :
Wide-band electro-optic modulator in thin-film lithium niobate on quartz substrate
Author :
Stenger, V.E. ; Toney, J.E. ; Scholl, Jon ; Busch, Jeffrey ; Pollick, Andrea ; Pontius, Peter ; Sriram, Srinath
Author_Institution :
SRICO, Inc., Columbus, OH, USA
Abstract :
This paper reports the first demonstration of a high-speed electro-optic modulator in crystal ion sliced thin film lithium niobate (TFLN™). The device exhibits a Vπ·L of 4.75 V·cm, 8dB RF loss at 65 GHz and 40 GHz electro-optic bandwidth.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; lithium compounds; optical losses; thin film devices; LiNbO3; RF loss; SiO2; crystal ion sliced thin film lithium niobate; electro-optic bandwidth; frequency 40 GHz; frequency 65 GHz; high-speed electro-optic modulator; quartz substrate; wide-band electro-optic modulator; Electrodes; Electrooptic modulators; Electrooptical waveguides; Lithium niobate; Optical losses; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam