A wide-band Ti:LiNbO/sub 3/ optical modulator with a conventional coplanar waveguide type electrode

The design and fabrication parameters needed to obtain a low-loss coplanar waveguide structure were determined. A large optical bandwidth (more than 23 GHz) and low driving voltage (5 V) Ti:LiNbO/sub 3/ Mach-Zehnder interferometer type optical modulator at a wavelength of 1.52 mu m, using a conventional and thick coplanar waveguide type electrode structure.<<ETX>>

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