Microwave velocity and impedance tuning of traveling-wave modulator using ion implantation for monolithic integrated photonic systems

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2151-2155

  Seo, Sang Woo ^a   Yan, John ^b   Baek, Jong Hwa ^b   Soares, Francisco M ^b   Broeke, Ronald ^b   Pham, Anh Vu ^b   Ben Yoo, S J ^b  

^a City University of New York   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzocyclobutene (BCB); Coplanar waveguide (CPW); Ion implantation; Microwave refractive index; Traveling wave modulator

Indexed keywords

BENZOCYCLOBUTENE (BCB); COPLANAR WAVEGUIDE (CPW); FREQUENCY RANGING; IMPEDANCE TUNING; INTEGRATED PHOTONIC SYSTEMS; MICROWAVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; MICROWAVE VELOCITY; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; RETURN LOSS; TRAVELING WAVES; TRAVELING-WAVE MODULATOR;

ION BOMBARDMENT; ION IMPLANTATION; MICROWAVES; MODULATORS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

TUNING;

EID: 46049100075     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.23607     Document Type: Article

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