Performance of Traveling-Wave Electroabsorption Modulators Depending on Microwave Properties of Waveguides Calculated Using the FDTD Method

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 763-769

  Nam, Seungki ^a   Kim, Yonggyoo ^a   Lee, Jaehoon ^a   Kim, Moonil ^a   Jeong, Jichai ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electroabsorption; Finite difference time domain (FDTD) method; Traveling wave modulator

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); LIGHT EXTINCTION; LIGHT MODULATION; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL LINKS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOCURRENTS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ELECTROABSORPTION; OPTICAL CONFINEMENT; TRAVELING-WAVE MODULATORS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 0346276712     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2003.818847     Document Type: Conference Paper

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