Integrated photonic electromagnetic field sensor based on broadband bowtie antenna coupled silicon organic hybrid modulator

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 3774-3784

  Zhang, Xingyu ^a   Hosseini, Amir ^b   Subbaraman, Harish ^b   Wang, Shiyi ^c   Zhan, Qiwen ^c   Luo, Jingdong ^d   Jen, Alex K Y ^d   Chen, Ray T ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b OMEGA OPTICS INC   (United States)

^c University of Dayton   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antennas; electromagnetic fields; electrooptic modulators; integrated optics; microwave photonics; optical sensors; photonic crystals; polymers; silicon photonics; slow light

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; MODULATORS; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHASE MODULATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PHOTONICS; POLYMERS; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; SILICON; SLOT ANTENNAS; SLOW LIGHT;

ELECTRIC FIELD ENHANCEMENT; ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD SENSORS; FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDE; SILICON PHOTONICS; SLOW-LIGHT PROPAGATION;

MICROWAVE ANTENNAS;

EID: 84906890336     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2014.2319152     Document Type: Article

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