• DocumentCode
    963129
  • Title

    Low Half-Wave Voltage X-Cut Thin LiNbO _{3} Sheet Optical Phase Modulator With Asymmetric Coplanar Waveguide Electrode

  • Author

    Aoki, Kenji ; Ide, Akiyoshi ; Kondo, Jungo ; Iwata, Yuichi ; Hamajima, Akira ; Ejiri, Tetsuya ; Mitomi, Osamu ; Minakata, Makoto

  • Volume
    20
  • Issue
    21
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    1811
  • Lastpage
    1813
  • Abstract
    We present a novel X-cut lithium niobate optical phase modulator. Low driving voltage was realized by adopting both an X-cut thin LN sheet structure and an asymmetric coplanar waveguide electrode. A low half-wave voltage of 2.9 V in 20-GHz operation was obtained.
  • Keywords
    Coplanar waveguides; Electrodes; Geometrical optics; High speed optical techniques; Impedance; Low voltage; Optical buffering; Optical modulation; Optical waveguides; Phase modulation; Electrooptic modulation; optical modulation; phase modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2008.2004355
  • Filename
    4658119
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=963129