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Optimization of traveling-wave electroabsorption modulator using FDTD method  

Ok, Seung-Hae (Lab. of Optoelectronics and Optical Communication, Chung-Ang Univ.)
Lee, Seung-Jin (Lab. of Optoelectronics and Optical Communication, Chung-Ang Univ.)
Kong, Soon-Cheol (Lab. of Optoelectronics and Optical Communication, Chung-Ang Univ.)
Yun, Young-Seol (Lab. of Optoelectronics and Optical Communication, Chung-Ang Univ.)
Choi, Young-Wan (Lab. of Optoelectronics and Optical Communication, Chung-Ang Univ.)
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Abstract
In this paper, the microwave characteristics of traveling-wave electroabsorption coplanar waveguide modulator have been analyzed and optimized precisely by using the 3-dimensional finite-difference time-domain method (FDTD). Microwave characteristics are affected by the thickness of intrinsic layer, the width of meas, and the distance between signal electrode and ground electrode on traveling-wave type structure. In case that intrinsic layers are composed of InAsP/InGaP (1.3Q), the optimized distance between signal electrode and ground electrode, the optimized intrinsic region thickness and the width of waveguide are founded to be $3{\mu}m,\;039{\mu}m\;and\;2{\mu}m$, respectively, to minimize microwave loss and to obtain velocity and impedance matched structure. By using the FDTD, we could design the traveling-wave electroabsorption modulator more precisely.
Keywords
Traveling-wave; Electroabsorption; Modulator; FDTD;
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