Ultrahigh-speed traveling-wave electroabsorption modulator-design and analysis

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 47, Issue 7 PART 2, 1999, Pages 1177-1183

  Li, G L ^a   Sun, C K ^b   Pappert, S A ^c   Chen, W X ^a   Yu, P K L ^c  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Naval Command   (United States)

Author keywords

Analog fiber links; Electroabsorption modulators; Traveling wave

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL LINKS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

ANALOG FIBER LINKS; ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATORS; IMPEDANCE MISMATCH; MICROWAVE ATTENUATION; MICROWAVE PROPERTIES; OPTICAL PROPAGATION LOSS; VELOCITY MISMATCH;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 0032682361     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.775455     Document Type: Article

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