Technique for velocity-matched traveling-wave electrooptic modulator in AlGaAs/GaAs

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 244-249

  Khan, M Nisa ^a   Gopinath, Anand ^a   Bristow, Julian P G ^b   Donnelly, Joseph P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b HONEYWELL TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE DEVICES; MODULATORS; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

TRAVELING WAVE MODULATORS; VELOCITY MATCHED MODULATORS;

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0027542877     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.216463     Document Type: Article

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