High-performance chirped electrode design for cat's eye retro-reflector modulators

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 2278-2280

  Goetz, Peter G ^a   Rabinovich, William S ^a   Binari, Steven C ^a   Mittereder, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Free space optical communication; Optical modulation; Optoelectronic devices; Quantum well devices

Indexed keywords

CAT'S EYES; ELECTRODE DESIGN; FREE SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; GRID ELECTRODES; LATERAL CURRENTS; METAL LINE; OPTICAL MODULATION; QUANTUM WELL DEVICE; RESISTANCE CAPACITANCE; RETRO REFLECTOR; SERIES RESISTANCES; SURFACE-NORMAL MODULATORS; TIME CONSTANTS;

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; LIGHT MODULATION; MODULATORS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; REFLECTION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SHEET METAL;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 39749149462     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.884725     Document Type: Article

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