GaAs/AlGaAs traveling wave electro-optic modulators

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3006, Issue , 1997, Pages 272-279

  Spickermann, Ralph ^a   Sakamoto, Steve ^a   Dagli, Nadir ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

GaAs modulator; Mach Zehnder modulator; Optical modulator; Traveling wave modulator

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; EPITAXIAL LAYERS; GALLIUM ALLOYS; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LIGHT MODULATION; MICROMETERS; MODULATION; MODULATORS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

GAAS MODULATOR; GAAS-ALGAAS; GROUP VELOCITY MATCHING; MACH ZEHNDER (MZ); MACH-ZEHNDER MODULATOR; OPTICAL MODULATOR; TRAVELING WAVE MODULATOR; VELOCITY MATCHING; WAVE ELECTRODES;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 3142696593     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.264228     Document Type: Conference Paper

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