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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics

Simplified Analysis of Coplanar Waveguide for LiNbO3 Optical Modulator by Variational Method

Toshihide KITAZAWA, David POLIFKO, Hiroyo OGAWA

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A coplanar-type TW electrode is analyzed for the use within a Ti:LiNbO3 optical modulator. The quasistatic analysis is developed based on the variational principle and the incremental inductance formula. The anisotropy of the LiNbO3, the effect of the SiO2 buffer layer, the overlaid conductor and the electrode thickness can be taken into consideration easily by using the extended spectral domain approach (ESDA) as the formulation procedure. It is shown numerically that the TW electrodes thickness, t, and the overlay spacing, p, are as dominant as the buffer layer thickness d, i.e., the microwave effective index and the product ΔfL is affected significantly by the electrodes thickness t and the overlay spacing, whereas the product VπL is insensitive. Therefore, the introduction of the overlaid conductor and the use of thicker electrodes can be utilized effectively to achieve higher values of the figure of merit Δf/Vπ.

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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics Vol.E76-C No.2 pp.244-250
Publication Date
1993/02/25
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Special Section PAPER (Special Issue on Optical/Microwave Interaction Devices, Circuits and Systems)
Category
Optical/Microwave Devices

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