High-index contrast, low-voltage lithium niobate modulators
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Rabiei, Payam; Ma, Jichi; Chiles, Jeff; Khan, Saeed; Fathpour, Sasan
- Source
- 2013 IEEE Avionics, Fiber-Optics and Photonics Technology Conference (AVFOP) Avionics, Fiber-Optics and Photonics Conference (AVFOP), 2013 IEEE. :43-44 Oct, 2013
- Subject
- Photonics and Electrooptics
Lithium niobate
Optical waveguides
High-speed optical techniques
Optical modulation
Optical device fabrication
Optical films
- Language
Y-cut thin film lithium niobate optical modulators with V π .L of 4V.cm are demonstrated by making high index contrast waveguides of lithium niobate on silicon substrates. Preliminary high speed measurement results are shown.