• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 17, Issue 6, 061301 (2019)
Guang Qian1,*, Bin Niu1, Wu Zhao2, Qiang Kan2..., Xiaowen Gu1, Fengjie Zhou1, Yuechan Kong1 and Tangsheng Chen1|Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Science and Technology on Monolithic Integrated Circuits and Modules Laboratory, Nanjing Electronic Devices Institute, Nanjing 210016, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials Science, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201917.061301 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Guang Qian, Bin Niu, Wu Zhao, Qiang Kan, Xiaowen Gu, Fengjie Zhou, Yuechan Kong, Tangsheng Chen, "CL-TWE Mach–Zehnder electro-optic modulator based on InP-MQW optical waveguides," Chin. Opt. Lett. 17, 061301 (2019) Copy Citation Text show less
    Schematic diagram of the CL-TWE MZM based on InP-MQW optical waveguides.
    Fig. 1. Schematic diagram of the CL-TWE MZM based on InP-MQW optical waveguides.
    Calculated effective refractive index of the InP-MQW optical waveguide for TE00 mode and TE01 mode with different waveguide widths.
    Fig. 2. Calculated effective refractive index of the InP-MQW optical waveguide for TE00 mode and TE01 mode with different waveguide widths.
    Schematic process flow of the fabrication of CL-TWE EO MZM based on InP-MQW optical waveguides.
    Fig. 3. Schematic process flow of the fabrication of CL-TWE EO MZM based on InP-MQW optical waveguides.
    Photographs of the fabricated 3 in. CL-TWE MZM chip and a single MZM chip based on InP-MQW optical waveguides.
    Fig. 4. Photographs of the fabricated 3 in. CL-TWE MZM chip and a single MZM chip based on InP-MQW optical waveguides.
    45° SEM view of an InP-MQW optical waveguide etched to the n-InP layer without the following processes. Inset: the measured light spot of the InP-MQW optical waveguide.
    Fig. 5. 45° SEM view of an InP-MQW optical waveguide etched to the n-InP layer without the following processes. Inset: the measured light spot of the InP-MQW optical waveguide.
    Measured Vπ and ER characteristics of the InP-MQW EO MZM.
    Fig. 6. Measured Vπ and ER characteristics of the InP-MQW EO MZM.
    EO response of the InP-MQW EO MZM.
    Fig. 7. EO response of the InP-MQW EO MZM.
    Guang Qian, Bin Niu, Wu Zhao, Qiang Kan, Xiaowen Gu, Fengjie Zhou, Yuechan Kong, Tangsheng Chen, "CL-TWE Mach–Zehnder electro-optic modulator based on InP-MQW optical waveguides," Chin. Opt. Lett. 17, 061301 (2019)
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