Electro-optic modulator with exceptional powersize performance enabled by transparent conducting electrodes

Fei Yi*, Fang Ou, Boyang Liu, Yingyan Huang, Seng Tiong Ho, Yiliang Wang, Jun Liu, Tobin J. Marks, Su Huang, Jingdong Luo, Alex K.Y. Jen, Raluca Dinu, Dan Jin

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Abstract

An EO phase modulator having transparent conducting oxide electrodes and an inverted rib waveguide structure is demonstrated. This new modulator geometry employs an EO polymer having an in-device r33 = 60pm/V. The measured half-wave voltage Vπ of these devices ranges from 5.3V to 11.2V for 3.8 and 1.5 mm long devices, respectively. The lowest VπL figure-of-merit corresponds to 0.6V-cm (7.2mW-cm2 of power length product) in a dual-drive configuration. The trade-off between Vπ, insertion loss and modulation bandwidth is systematically analyzed. An optimized high-speed structure is proposed, with numerical simulation showing that this new structure and an in-device r33 = 150pm/V, can achieve V π = 0.5V in a 5mm long active length with dual drive operation. The insertion loss is targeted at 6dB, and a 3dB optical modulation bandwidth can reach > 40GHz.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)6779-6796
Number of pages18
JournalOptics Express
Volume18
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 29 2010

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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