Compact thin film lithium niobate folded intensity modulator using a waveguide crossing

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dc.contributor.authorNelan, Sean
dc.contributor.authorMercante, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorHurley, Cooper
dc.contributor.authorShi, Shouyuan
dc.contributor.authorYao, Peng
dc.contributor.authorShopp, Benjamin
dc.contributor.authorPrather, Dennis W.
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-06T18:45:40Z
dc.date.available2022-04-06T18:45:40Z
dc.date.issued2022-03-04
dc.descriptionCopyright 2022 Optica Publishing Group under the terms of the Optica Open Access Publishing Agreement. This article was originally published in Optics Express. The version of record is available at: https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.453050.en_US
dc.description.abstractA small footprint, low voltage and wide bandwidth electro-optic modulator is critical for applications ranging from optical communications to analog photonic links, and the integration of thin-film lithium niobate with photonic integrated circuit (PIC) compatible materials remains paramount. Here, a hybrid silicon nitride and lithium niobate folded electro-optic Mach Zehnder modulator (MZM) which incorporates a waveguide crossing and 3 dB multimode interference (MMI) couplers for splitting and combining light is reported. This modulator has an effective interaction region length of 10 mm and shows a DC half wave voltage of roughly 4.0 V, or a modulation efficiency (Vπ ·L) of roughly 4 V·cm. Furthermore, the device demonstrates a power extinction ratio of roughly 23 dB and shows .08 dB/GHz optical sideband power roll-off with index matching fluid up to 110 GHz, with a 3-dB bandwidth of 37.5 GHz.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis manuscript (AFRL-2022-0029) was supported in part under AFRL contract FA8650-18-C-1734. The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of UTA16-001296. The views and conclusions contained herein are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies or endorsements, either expressed or implied, of Air Force Research Laboratory, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSean Nelan, Andrew Mercante, Cooper Hurley, Shouyuan Shi, Peng Yao, Benjamin Shopp, and Dennis W. Prather, "Compact thin film lithium niobate folded intensity modulator using a waveguide crossing," Opt. Express 30, 9193-9207 (2022)en_US
dc.identifier.issn1094-4087
dc.identifier.urihttps://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/30758
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherOptics Expressen_US
dc.titleCompact thin film lithium niobate folded intensity modulator using a waveguide crossingen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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