DC biased electro-optic polymer waveguide modulators with low half-wave voltage and high thermal stability

Optical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2000-2008

  Chen, Antao ^a,d   Chuyanov, Vadim ^a   Zhang, Hua ^a   Garner, Sean ^a   Lee, Sang Shin ^a   Steier, William H ^a   Chen, Jinghong ^b   Wang, Fang ^b   Zhu, Jingsong ^b   He, Mingqian ^b   Ra, Younsoo ^b   Mao, Shane S H ^b   Harper, Aaron W ^b   Dalton, Larry R ^b   Fetterman, Harold R ^c  

^a Dept of Elec Eng Electrophysics ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POLYMERS;

ELECTROOPTIC MODULATORS; ELECTROOPTIC POLYMERS; HALF-WAVE VOLTAGE;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 0033280297     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.602303     Document Type: Article

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