• DocumentCode
    794676
  • Title

    GaAs/AlGaAs electro-optic modulator with bandwidth >40 GHz

  • Author

    Spickermann, R. ; Dagli, N. ; Peters, M.G.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
  • Volume
    31
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    5/25/1995 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    915
  • Lastpage
    916
  • Abstract
    A high speed GaAs/AlGaAs travelling wave Mach-Zehnder electro-optic modulator has been fabricated. The device uses a novel slow wave electrode design to achieve phase velocity matching and has a measured electrical bandwidth >40 GHz
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; electro-optical modulation; gallium arsenide; high-speed optical techniques; slow wave structures; 40 GHz; GaAs-AlGaAs; electrical bandwidth; high speed travelling wave Mach-Zehnder electro-optic modulator; phase velocity matching; slow wave electrode;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19950621
  • Filename
    390905