Title :
High-speed low-loss low-drive-power travelling-wave optical modulator for λ = 1.32 μm
Author :
Alferness, R.C. ; Korotky, S.K. ; Buhl, L.L. ; Divino, M.D.
Author_Institution :
Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, USA
Abstract :
We report a Ti: LiNbO3 travelling-wave optical switch/modulator for λ = 1.32 μm that requires only 4.5 V to switch, has ~5.5 GHz bandwidth, a power per bandwidth figure of merit of 10.9 mW/GHz and a fibre-device-fibre insertion loss of only -2.3 dB.
Keywords :
electro-optical devices; integrated optics; lithium compounds; optical modulation; titanium; Ti:LiNbO3; bandwidth 5.5 GHz; fibre-device-fibre insertion loss; insertion loss 2.3 dB; low-drive-power; low-loss; power per bandwidth figure of merit of 10.9 mW/GHz; switching voltage 4.5 V; travelling-wave optical modulator; travelling-wave optical switch/modulator; wavelength 1.32 micron;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19840240
