Integrated optical Mach-Zehnder modulator based on polycrystalline BaTiO3.
Good-quality polycrystalline BaTiO3 thin films are deposited on MgO substrates by pulsed laserdeposition. The deposition parameters are optimized to achieve optical-quality films with an attenuation coefficient of 4 dB/cm at the 633-nm wavelength. Thin-film electro-optic Mach-Zehnder modulators are fabricated with standard lithography and ion-beam etching. The waveguides patterned by lithography are the ridge type, and they ensure single-mode propagation in the wavelength range of 633-1550 nm. An electro-optic coefficient of 22 pm/V is estimated for the polycrystalline BaTiO3 films.
Petraru
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Institut für Schichten und Grenzflächen, ISG1-IT, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany. a.petraru@fz-juelich.de
Schubert
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Schmid
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Trithaveesak
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Buchal
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