Xiaofeng Zhu;Marco Moller de Freitas;Shouyuan Shi;Peng Yao;Fuquan Wang;Christopher J. Cullen;Maxwell Hinkle;Dennis W. Prather
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Abstract
This work reports a sub-1 volt drive voltage (V$_{\pi } $ ) folded phase modulator utilizing capacitor-loaded traveling wave electrodes (CLTWEs). The implementation employs a low-loss CLTWE on a quartz (Qz) substrate, facilitating both broadband index matching and minimal RF loss. A series of phase modulators of varying lengths have been fabricated and subjected to experimental characterization. The measured loss for straight CLTWEs is 0.21 dB/(cm$\cdot $ GHz$^{1/2}$ ). The experimentally determined DC V$\pi $ is 0.52 V for a modulation length of 7.5 cm.
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IEEE Photonics Technology Letters addresses all aspects of the IEEE Photonics Society Constitutional Field of Interest with emphasis on photonic/lightwave components and applications, laser physics and systems and laser/electro-optics technology. Examples of subject areas for the above areas of concentration are integrated optic and optoelectronic devices, high-power laser arrays (e.g. diode, CO2), free electron lasers, solid, state lasers, laser materials'' interactions and femtosecond laser techniques. The letters journal publishes engineering, applied physics and physics oriented papers. Emphasis is on rapid publication of timely manuscripts. A goal is to provide a focal point of quality engineering-oriented papers in the electro-optics field not found in other rapid-publication journals.
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