Title :
Reduced modulator drive-power requirements for 10.6-µ guided waves
Author_Institution :
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., Whippany, NJ, USA
fDate :
12/1/1971 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
It is shown that a reduction of more than an order of magnitude in electrooptic modulator drive power requirements should be possible at 10.6 μ by the use of a dielectric slab waveguide, despite the dimensional limitations imposed by electrode absorption.
Keywords :
Dielectrics; Diffraction; Electrodes; Electrooptic modulators; Electrooptical waveguides; Frequency; Optical modulation; Optical reflection; Slabs; Tellurium;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1971.1076591
