Insertion loss reduction in high speed polymer electrooptic modulators using tapered waveguide, fiber tip lenses and modification of waveguide structures

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4991, Issue , 2003, Pages 601-609

  Zang, De Yu ^a   Shu, Golden ^b   Downing, Travis ^a   Lin, Weiping ^a   Oh, Choon ^a   Bechtel, James ^a  

^a IPITEK   (United States)

^b TELEDYNE SCIENTIFIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

End coupling; Fiber tip Lens; Insertion loss; Mach Zehnder modulators; Mode profile; Polymer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POLYMERS; REACTIVE ION ETCHING;

POLYMER WAVEGUIDES; WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURES;

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0242440886     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.475446     Document Type: Conference Paper

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