PERFORMANCE AND MODELING OF RESONANTLY ENHANCED LINBO3 MODULATORS FOR LOW-LOSS ANALOG FIBEROPTIC LINKS

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GOPALAKRISHNAN, GK
BURNS, WK
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[1] Maryland Advanced Development Laboratory, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC
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10.1109/22.339810
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The performance of resonantly enhanced LiNbO3 traveling wave optical modulators is investigated. High-frequency performance of broad band velocity matched LiNbO3 modulators with low half-wave voltages is shown to be relatively independent of termination. A resonant enhancement technique involving external line stretching of the length of the nonactive section of the modulator is proposed and demonstrated at low-frequencies. An accurate model is developed to facilitate design of resonantly enhanced optical modulators.
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