DocumentCode
2633359
Title
Demonstration of a low-voltage resonant modulator based on the folded cavity design
Author
Djordjev, Kostadin D. ; Zhu, Jintian ; Bour, Dave ; Lin, Chao-Kun ; Tan, Michael
Author_Institution
Agilent Laboratories, Palo Alto, CA
fYear
2005
fDate
22-22 Oct. 2005
Firstpage
420
Lastpage
421
Abstract
A low-voltage folded cavity resonant modulator, based on shallow-etched ridge waveguides combined with four deeply etched turning mirrors is demonstrated. The resonant modulator exhibit a high quality factor in the excess of 5000, low insertion loss, greater than 22 dB extinction at resonance and offers low-voltage operation. A change in the applied voltage by 0.7 V leads to transmission change of more than 16 dB. The DC performance of the modulator is presented
Keywords
Q-factor; electro-optical modulation; mirrors; optical design techniques; optical waveguides; ridge waveguides; cavity resonant modulator; etching; folded cavity design; insertion loss; quality factor; ridge waveguides; turning mirrors; Dielectrics; Etching; Extinction ratio; Mirrors; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Passive filters; Resonance; Turning; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9217-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548049
Filename
1548049
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