• DocumentCode
    746883
  • Title

    Design of high efficiency LiNbO3 broadband phase modulator using an electrode buried in buffer layer

  • Author

    Miyamoto, Hideaki ; Ohta, Hitoyoshi ; Miyagawa, Y.

  • Author_Institution
    Optical Meas. Technol. Dev. Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1992
  • Firstpage
    322
  • Lastpage
    324
  • Abstract
    A new type of LiNbO3 modulator to reduce the driving voltage and expand the bandwidth under the condition Z0=50 Omega is proposed and designed. This modulator is constituted using a buried electrode in the buffer layer to match the microwave electric field with the light field.
  • Keywords
    electro-optical devices; integrated optics; lithium compounds; optical modulation; phase modulation; 50 ohm; LiNbO 3 modulator; bandwidth; broadband phase modulator; buffer layer; buried electrode; driving voltage; light field; microwave electric field;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19920200
  • Filename
    121451