A WideBand Ti:LiNbO3 Optical Modulator with a Conventional Coplanar Waveguide Type Electrode

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 1992, Pages 1020-1022

  Rangaraj, M ^a   Hosoi, T ^a   Kondo, M ^a  

^a International Superconductivity Technology   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; TITANIUM;

LITHIUM NIOBATE; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS;

MODULATORS;

EID: 0026926893     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: 19410174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.157135     Document Type: Article

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