Integrated multimode interference coupler-based Mach-Zehnder interferometric modulator fabricated on a silicon-on-insulator substrate

IET Optoelectronics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 147-152

  Chuang, R W ^a,b   Hsu, M T ^a   Chang, Y C ^a   Lee, Y J ^b   Chou, S H ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL NANO DEVICE LABORATORIES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATORS; EXTINCTION RATIOS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE MEASUREMENT; MACH-ZEHNDER; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETRIC MODULATORS; MULTI-MODE INTERFERENCE; MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE COUPLERS; OPERATING WAVELENGTH; SIGNAL MODULATIONS; SILICON-ON-INSULATOR SUBSTRATES;

FREQUENCY RESPONSE; INTERFEROMETRY;

INTEGRATED OPTICS;

EID: 84862641116     PISSN: 17518768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-opt.2010.0106     Document Type: Article

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