Title :
Small footprint barium titanate photonic crystal modulators for photonic integrated circuits
Author :
Girouard, Peter ; Pice Chen ; Yongming Tu ; Young Kyu Jeong ; Zhifu Liu ; Seng-Tiong Ho ; Wessels, Bruce W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mater. Sci. & Eng., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA
Abstract :
We report on the design, fabrication, and characterization of photonic crystal phase modulators on epitaxial barium titanate thin films. Modeling indicates that >50 GHz bandwidth and 0.25 V·cm voltage-length product are achievable in sub-millimeter long devices.
Keywords :
barium compounds; electro-optical modulation; epitaxial layers; integrated optics; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; photonic crystals; BaTiO3; epitaxial barium titanate thin films; photonic crystal phase modulator characterization; photonic crystal phase modulator design; photonic crystal phase modulator fabrication; photonic integrated circuits; small footprint barium titanate photonic crystal modulators; submillimeter long devices; voltage-length product; Bandwidth; Electrooptic modulators; Electrooptical waveguides; Semiconductor device measurement; Voltage measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
