Demonstration of a linearized traveling wave Y-fed directional coupler modulator based on electro-optic polymer

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1931-1936

  Lee, Beom Suk ^a   Lin, Che Yun ^a   Wang, Alan X ^b   Chen, Ray T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Omega Optics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

reversal; Directional coupler; electro optic polymer; linear modulator; traveling wave electrode

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH-LENGTH PRODUCT; DIRECTIONAL COUPLER MODULATORS; ELECTRICAL BANDWIDTH; ELECTRO-OPTIC POLYMERS; FABRICATED DEVICE; HIGH-SPEED ANALOG; LINEAR MODULATOR; MODULATION FREQUENCIES; SPURIOUS FREE DYNAMIC RANGE; THIRD ORDER INTERMODULATION DISTORTION; TRAVELING WAVE; TRAVELING WAVE ELECTRODES; VELOCITY-MATCHING;

BANDWIDTH; DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; LINEARIZATION; POLYMERS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 79959297257     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2011.2150735     Document Type: Article

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