Thin-film channel waveguide electro-optic modulator in epitaxial BaTiO3

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 71, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1783-1785

  Gill, D M ^a,b   Conrad, C W ^a,b   Ford, G ^a,b   Wessels, B W ^a,b   Ho, S T ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept of Elec and Comp Engineering ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BARIUM TITANATE; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; LIGHT MODULATORS; MAGNESIA; METALLORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; MORPHOLOGY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WAVEGUIDES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ELECTROOPTIC MODULATOR; THIN FILM CHANNEL WAVEGUIDE;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 0031221438     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.119397     Document Type: Article

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