Abstract
The bandwidth of Ti:LiNbO3 traveling wave (TW) optical modulators may be enhanced by improving the phase match between the microwave and optical signals. This has been accomplished in the coplanar waveguide (CPW) configuration by use of a shielding plane [1] and in the coplanar strips (CPS) configuration % use of thick electrodes [2]. In the phase matched condition, the device bandwidth would be limited by only the resistive electrode loss, provided that there is no power leakage from the fundamental coplanar mode to the dielectric substrate modes of LiNbO3. We have observed and modeled this leakage that occurs in LiNbO3 traveling wave modulators. Below we describe our model and demonstrate a 20 GHz bandwidth optical modulator in the CPW configuration with thick electrodes without any power leakage over a 40 GHz span. The Vπ for this device was 5 V at an operating wavelength of 1.3 μm.
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