Ring Resonator-Based Electrooptic Polymer Traveling-Wave Modulator

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Author(s)

  • Hidehisa Tazawa
  • Ying-Hao Kuo
  • Ilya Dunayevskiy
  • Harold R. Fetterman
  • William H. Steier

Detail(s)

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3514-3519
Journal / PublicationJournal of Lightwave Technology
Volume24
Issue number9
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2006
Externally publishedYes

Abstract

The authors report the bandpass-modulation characteristics of a ring resonator-based traveling-wave modulator using an electrooptic polymer AJL8/APC. The use of the traveling-wave electrode makes it possible to achieve an efficient modulation around 28 GHz, which is the free spectral range of the resonator, with a 3-dB bandwidth of 7 GHz. The modulation sensitivity is evaluated by defining an equivalent half-wave voltage of ring modulators. It is shown that the modulator has a potential in the microwave and millimeter-wave photonics applications.

Research Area(s)

  • Analog optical links, Electrooptic (eo) modulation, Eo polymers, Microwave photonics, Ring resonator, Waveguide modulators

Citation Format(s)

Ring Resonator-Based Electrooptic Polymer Traveling-Wave Modulator. / Tazawa, Hidehisa; Kuo, Ying-Hao; Dunayevskiy, Ilya et al.
In: Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 24, No. 9, 09.2006, p. 3514-3519.

Research output: Journal Publications and ReviewsRGC 21 - Publication in refereed journalpeer-review