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Design and analysis of coplanar waveguide optical modulator using finite element method

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Abstract

An analysis is given on the finite element method (FEM) for calculating the various parameters of optical modulators and a computer program is written to solve the finite element equation. Based on this method, a Mach-Zehnder type electro-optic modulator with coplanar waveguide (CPW) electrode is designed and fabricated. When compared with the Fourier series method, small differences on the 3-dB bandwidth, characteristic impedance and half-wave voltage, etc. are obtained.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)875-887
JournalInternational Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
Volume18
Issue number4
Publication statusPublished - Apr 1997

Research Keywords

  • Coplanar waveguide
  • Electro-optic modulators
  • Integrated optics

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