Abstract
A strip-loaded electrooptic waveguide modulator based on an epitaxial BaTiO3 thin film was fabricated and characterized for the first time. The strip-loaded waveguide structure greatly improves waveguide propagation and polarization-dependent loss performance. A propagation loss of 1.1 dB/cm and polarization dependent loss of 0.1 dB/cm were measured. The electrooptic waveguide modulator exhibited a half-wave voltage-interaction length product of 4.5 V · cm at a wavelength of 1542 nm. The measured effective electrooptic coefficient of the as-grown BaTiO3 waveguide modulator was 38 pm/V. The experimental results indicate that a strip-loaded thin film waveguide modulator is suitable for photonic applications.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1837-1839 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 2004 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering