DocumentCode
3525818
Title
Periodic Loading and Selective Undercut Etching for High-Impedance Traveling-Wave Electroabsorption Modulators
Author
Dummer, Matthew M. ; Klamkin, Jonathan ; Norberg, Erik J. ; Raring, James W ; Tauke-Pedretti, Anna ; Coldren, Larry A.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
fYear
2008
fDate
24-28 Feb. 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
For the first time, selective undercut etching and periodically loaded electrodes are combined to improve impedance and velocity matching for traveling-wave electroabsorption modulators. These devices are fabricated in a platform compatible with widely tunable lasers.
Keywords
electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; etching; impedance matching; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; impedance matching; periodic loading; periodically loaded electrodes; selective undercut etching; traveling-wave electroabsorption modulators; tunable lasers; velocity matching; Electrodes; Impedance; Laboratories; Optical design; Optical modulation; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides; Scattering parameters; Waveguide lasers; Wet etching;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-856-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528440
Filename
4528440
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