Micromachined wide-band lithium-niobate electrooptic modulators

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 810-815

  Shi, Yongqiang ^a,b,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^c OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coplanar waveguide (CPW); Electrooptic (EO) modulators; Integrated optics; RF microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); Wide band RF interconnections

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTIC (EO) MODULATORS; RF MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MEMS); WIDE-BAND RF INTERCONNECTIONS;

ELECTRODES; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LITHIUM NIOBATE; MICROMACHINING; WAVEGUIDES;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 33144490478     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.863063     Document Type: Article

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