Velocity-matched electrodes for compound semiconductor traveling-wave electrooptic modulators: Experimental results

IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 82-84

  Jaeger, Nicolas A F ^a   Rahmatian, Farnoosh ^a   Kato, Hiroshi ^a   James, Robert ^b   Berolo, Ezio ^b   Lee, Zachary K F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Radio Science Branch   (Canada)

^c Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; FREQUENCIES; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT VELOCITY; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE;

ALUMINUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR TRAVELLING WAVE ELECTROOPTIC MODULATORS; COPLANAR STRIPS; INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIC PHOSPHIDE; MACH-ZEHNDER TYPE MODULATORS; VELOCITY MATCHED ELECTRODES;

ELECTRODES;

EID: 0030083934     PISSN: 10518207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/75.481996     Document Type: Article

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