Inp-based Mach—Zehnder Modulator With Capacitively Loaded Traveling-wave Electrodes

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 608-615

  Akiyama, Suguru ^a   Itoh, Hiroaki ^a   Sekiguchi, Shigeaki ^a   Hirose, Shinichi ^a   Takeuchi, Tatsuya ^a   Kuramata, Akito ^a   Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations USA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrooptic modulation; Mach Zehnder (MZ); optical fiber communication; traveling wave

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008564436     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: 15582213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.915278     Document Type: Article

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