A novel optical phase modulator design suitable for phased arrays

被引:13
作者
Jackson, SM [1 ]
Hewitt, PD
Reed, GT
Tang, CK
Evans, AGR
Clark, J
Aveyard, C
Namavar, F
机构
[1] Univ Surrey, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Guildford GU2 5XH, Surrey, England
[2] Univ Southampton, Dept Elect & Comp Sci, Southampton SO9 5NH, Hants, England
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会; 美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
device simulation; integrated optics; optical beamsteering; optical waveguides; phase modulation; silicon-on-insulator (SOI);
D O I
10.1109/50.730364
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A new design of optical phase modulator in SIMOX has been demonstrated, which allows duplication of active waveguides with a minimum requirement for external contacts and metallization, The device is based on a common cathode configuration and requires 56.5 mA at 1.65 V to produce a pi-phase shift. To confirm the experimental results, the same device structure has been modeled, and provided good agreement, with V-pi calculated to 1.70 V and 52.6 mA.
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页码:2016 / 2019
页数:4
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