MULTIGIGAHERTZ LUMPED-ELEMENT ELECTROOPTIC MODULATORS

被引:8
作者
BECKER, RA
机构
[1] Crystal Technology Inc, Palo Alto,, CA, USA, Crystal Technology Inc, Palo Alto, CA, USA
关键词
LIGHT - Modulators - LITHIUM COMPOUNDS - Applications;
D O I
10.1109/JQE.1985.1072784
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
Multigigahertz-bandwidth lumped-element optical-guided-wave Mach-Zehnder interferometric modulators have been designed, fabricated in LiNbO//3 , tested, and analyzed. Three modulators were built having 3 dB bandwidths of 2. 75, 4. 4, and 7. 3 GHz with V pi 's of 7, 14, and 28 V, respectively. A simple RLC equivalent circuit model adequately predicts the packaged modulator performance. Coupled with previously reported work, this demonstrates the ability to reliably design and fabricate lumped-element modulators which operate from dc through 7. 3 GHz.
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页码:1144 / 1146
页数:3
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