Wideband, low driving voltage traveling-wave Mach-Zehnder modulator for RF photonics

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 517-519

  Jarrahi, Mona ^a   Lee, Thomas H ^a   Miller, David A B ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical device fabrication; Optical modulation; Phase modulation; Photodetectors; Quantum confined stark effect (QCSE)

Indexed keywords

GAAS SUBSTRATES; HIGH-PERFORMANCE PLATFORMS; INTEGRATED PHOTODETECTOR; LOW DRIVING VOLTAGE; MACH ZEHNDER MODULATOR; OPTICAL DEVICE FABRICATION; OPTICAL MODULATION; QUANTUM-CONFINED STARK EFFECT; RF PHOTONICS; SATURATION POWER; SMALL SIGNAL MODULATION; TRAVELING WAVE; WIDE-BAND;

FABRICATION; GALLIUM ALLOYS; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; IMPULSE RESPONSE; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHASE MODULATION; PHOTODETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SPECTROSCOPY; STARK EFFECT;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 57249085141     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.918889     Document Type: Article

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