Highly Efficient 40-GHz Bandwidth Ti:LiNbO3 Optical Modulator Employing Ridge Structure

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 52-54

  Noguchi, K ^a   Mitomi, O ^a   Kawano, K ^a   Yanagibashi, M ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MICROWAVES;

COPLANAR WAVEGUIDES; ELECTROOPTICAL MODULATORS; LITHIUM NIOBATE;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 0027233241     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: 19410174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.185058     Document Type: Article

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