Title :
Substrate removed GaAs/AlGaAs Mach-Zehnder electro-optic modulators for ultra wide bandwidth operation
Author :
Sakamoto, Steven R ; Jackson, Andrew ; Dagli, Nadir
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA
Abstract :
GaAs/AlGaAs electro-optic modulators with push-pull metal electrodes were fabricated using substrate removal techniques. High-speed design considerations indicate that ultra wide bandwidth traveling wave operation with low drive voltage is possible
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; aluminium compounds; electro-optical modulation; gallium arsenide; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; GaAs-AlGaAs; Mach-Zehnder electro-optic modulators; drive voltage; high-speed design considerations; push-pull metal electrodes; substrate removal techniques; traveling wave operation; ultra wide bandwidth operation; Error correction; Feeds; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Filters; Frequency; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Laser stability; Laser tuning; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 1999. MWP '99. International Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, Vic.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5558-X
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.1999.819711
