• DocumentCode
    991474
  • Title

    High-speed low-loss low-drive-power travelling-wave optical modulator for λ = 1.32 μm

  • Author

    Alferness, R.C. ; Korotky, S.K. ; Buhl, L.L. ; Divino, M.D.

  • Author_Institution
    Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, USA
  • Volume
    20
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    1984
  • Firstpage
    354
  • Lastpage
    355
  • Abstract
    We report a Ti: LiNbO3 travelling-wave optical switch/modulator for λ = 1.32 μm that requires only 4.5 V to switch, has ~5.5 GHz bandwidth, a power per bandwidth figure of merit of 10.9 mW/GHz and a fibre-device-fibre insertion loss of only -2.3 dB.
  • Keywords
    electro-optical devices; integrated optics; lithium compounds; optical modulation; titanium; Ti:LiNbO3; bandwidth 5.5 GHz; fibre-device-fibre insertion loss; insertion loss 2.3 dB; low-drive-power; low-loss; power per bandwidth figure of merit of 10.9 mW/GHz; switching voltage 4.5 V; travelling-wave optical modulator; travelling-wave optical switch/modulator; wavelength 1.32 micron;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19840240
  • Filename
    4248676
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=991474