Travelling wave techniques permit electro-optic modulation at millimetre wave frequencies without prohibitive drive power requirements. In a long, low-voltage modulator the modulation accumulates monotonically only if the optical group keeps in step with the electrical phase: i.e. if the velocities are sufficiently well matched. This paper describes GaAs/AlGaAs technology which has been used to demonstrate modulation up to 60 GHz. The GaAs-AlGaAs travelling-wave modulator is distinguished by its segmented electrode arrangement; electrode elements sample the travelling voltage-wave on a coplanar transmission-line while providing capacitive loading to slow the RF phase-velocity to match that of the optical group.
Electro-optic modulation at mm-wave frequencies in GaAs/AlGaAs guided wave devices
01.01.1995
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Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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