Low-switching-voltage InGaAsP/InP waveguide interferometric modulator for integrated optics
- 1 August 1989
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
- Vol. 1 (8) , 227-229
- https://doi.org/10.1109/68.36050
Abstract
An InGaAsP/InP electrooptic Mach-Zehnder modulator consisting of two 3-dB Y-branch couplers and phase modulation arms is fabricated by the metal-organic vapor-phase epitaxy growth method. A schematic illustration and cross section of the interferometric modulator as well as the current-voltage characteristics of the arms are shown. The modulator is formed by a waveguide having almost the same cross-sectional configuration as a double-heterostructure laser diode. The switching voltage of 4.5 V applied to one arm of the modulator results in an excitation of about 7 dB.Keywords
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