Systematic study of polymer wideband optical modulators: Transition from intrinsic material characteristics to device performance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5724, Issue , 2005, Pages 88-95

  Dinu, Raluca ^a   Parker, Timothy C ^a   Huang, Diyun ^a   Jin, Dan L ^a   Koenig, Mary ^a  

^a Lumera Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Clad conductivity; Electro optic polymers; High speed modulators; Poling; Wideband modulators

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTIMIZATION; SILICON WAFERS;

CLAD CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRO-OPTIC POLYMERS; HIGH-SPEED MODULATORS; POLING; WIDEBAND MODULATORS;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 21844445040     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.605266     Document Type: Conference Paper

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