Title :
Low-voltage electro-optic modulator structure using transparent conducting oxide with high conductivity-loss ratio as electrodes
Author :
Xu, Guoyang ; Ma, Jing ; Ho, Seng-Tiong ; Marks, Tobin J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA
Abstract :
We describe a novel design of electro-optical modulator using transparent conducting oxide (TCO) with high σ/α ratio as electrode. We show that by engineering TCO´s σ/α ratio, both low voltage and high-speed can be achieved.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; electrodes; optical conductivity; σ/α ratio; electrodes; high conductivity-loss ratio; low-voltage electro-optic modulator structure; transparent conducting oxide; Electrodes; Electrooptic modulators; Electrooptical waveguides; High speed optical techniques; Optical materials; Optical modulation; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Radio frequency; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Avionics Fiber-Optics and Photonics, 2005. IEEE Conference
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9111-X
DOI :
10.1109/AVFOP.2005.1514166
