Electrical loss mechanisms in travelling wave LiNb03 optical modulators

Electronics Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 207-208

  Gopalakrishnan, G K ^a   Burns, W K ^a   Bulmer, C H ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; Losses; Optical modulation

Indexed keywords

LIGHT--MODULATORS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS--OPTICAL PROPERTIES; WAVEGUIDES, OPTICAL;

COPLANAR WAVEGUIDES; LITHIUM NIOBATE; OPTICAL MODULATORS;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0026765274     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19920129     Document Type: Article

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