• DocumentCode
    1945044
  • Title

    Thin-film Mach-Zehnder lithium niobate optical modulator on silicon substrates with VπL of 4 V·cm

  • Author

    Rabiei, Payam ; Jichi Ma ; Chiles, Jeff ; Khan, Sharifullah ; Fathpour, Sasan

  • Author_Institution
    Coll. of Opt. & Photonics, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    22-26 Sept. 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Y-cut lithium niobate Mach-Zehnder optical modulators with record-low half-voltage length-product of 4 V·cm are demonstrated. A novel fabrication method that allows low-loss, high-index-contrast waveguides of lithium niobate on silicon substrate is used.
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; lithium compounds; optical communication equipment; optical fabrication; optical losses; optical modulation; optical waveguides; thin films; LiNbO3-Si; Si; Y-cut thin-film Mach-Zehnder lithium niobate optical modulator; half-voltage length-product; low-loss high-index-contrast waveguides; silicon substrates;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC 2013), 39th European Conference and Exhibition on
  • Conference_Location
    London
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-84919-759-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1049/cp.2013.1585
  • Filename
    6647778
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1945044