Material Requirements for Guided-Wave Optical Devices

R. L. Holman; D. P. Skinner; L. M. Althouse; P. J. Cressman; V. E. Wood; R. P. Kenan

doi:10.1117/12.949840

4 March 1986 Material Requirements for Guided-Wave Optical Devices

R. L. Holman, D. P. Skinner, L. M. Althouse, P. J. Cressman, V. E. Wood, R. P. Kenan

Proceedings Volume 0567, Advances in Materials for Active Optics; (1986) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.949840
Event: 29th Annual Technical Symposium, 1985, San Diego, United States

Abstract

A quasi systems-level desirability analysis has been performed of candidate elec-trooptic materials for use in high-speed guided-wave optical devices. More than 30 inorganic, semiconducting, and organic materials have been compared. The bulk guided-wave phase modulator has been adopted as an initial basis for comparison. Drive voltage and current dynamics have been analyzed as a function of material properties and electrode architectures. Potassium niobate and lithium niobate are found to be among the more desirable materials. The III-V semiconductors and the low Curie temperature ferroelec-trics were found less desirable and, in some cases, marginal or even unacceptable for high-performance device applications.

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R. L. Holman, D. P. Skinner, L. M. Althouse, P. J. Cressman, V. E. Wood, and R. P. Kenan "Material Requirements for Guided-Wave Optical Devices", Proc. SPIE 0567, Advances in Materials for Active Optics, (4 March 1986); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.949840

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