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 :
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