Optimum Design of Coplanar Waveguide for LiNbO3 Optical Modulator

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 523-528

  Zhang, Xiang ^a   Miyoshi, Tanroku ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER CIRCUITS; CONFORMAL MAPPING; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LIGHT MODULATORS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MICROWAVES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; SILICA; VELOCITY;

ELECTRODE SOURCE CHARACTERISTIC IMPEDANCE MATCH; MICROWAVE EFFECTIVE INDEX; MODULATOR EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL MICROWAVE PHASE VELOCITY MATCH; OPTICAL WAVE; QUASI STATIC ANALYSIS; SILICON DIOXIDE BUFFER LAYER; TRAVELLING WAVE ELECTRODE MODULATORS; VOLTAGE LENGTH PRODUCT;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0029274485     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.372096     Document Type: Article

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