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High-performance GaAs/AlGaAs optical phase modulators for microwave photonic integrated circuits

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OSTI ID:10128984

A high-performance high-speed optical phase modulator for photonic integrated circuit (PIC) use is described. Integration of these optical phase modulators into a real system (compass) is also discussed. The optical phase modulators are based on depletion-edge translation and have experimentally provided optical phase shifts in excess of 60{degrees}/V{center_dot}mm with approximately 4 dB/cm loss while simultaneously demonstrating bandwidths in excess of 10 GHz.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
10128984
Report Number(s):
SAND--94-0477C; CONF-9405112--1; ON: DE94007376; BR: GB0103012
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English