Numerical modeling of segmented traveling-wave electroabsorption modulators

Author

Li, G.L. ; Yu, P.K.L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2004

fDate

6-11 June 2004

Firstpage

773

Abstract

A numerical modeling approach based on the microwave transmission (ABCD) matrix theory is developed for analyzing the frequency response of segmented traveling-wave electroabsorption modulators (STEAM). It is found that for 300 μm long exemplary modulation length, the STEAM can provide much wider bandwidth (73 GHz) than the lumped-element (26 GHz) and the continuous traveling-wave (47 GHz) counter-parts, with a small penalty of E/O conversion gain if low-loss passive optical waveguide is available.

Keywords

electro-optical devices; electroabsorption; frequency modulation; frequency response; modulators; numerical analysis; optical waveguides; transmission line matrix methods; 26 GHz; 300 micron; 47 GHz; 73 GHz; electro-optical conversion; frequency response; low loss passive optical waveguide; microwave properties; microwave transmission matrix theory; numerical modeling; segmented traveling-wave electroabsorption modulators; Bandwidth; Frequency response; Impedance; Numerical models; Optical devices; Optical losses; Optical modulation; Optical waveguides; Transmission line matrix methods; Transmission lines;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2004 IEEE MTT-S International

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8331-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2004.1339076

Filename

1339076