20 November 2023 Structure simulation and design optimization of high-performance lithium niobate thin film electro-optic modulator
Hao Chen, Wenyuan Liao, Shaohua Yang, Huafeng Dong, Ying Shi, Huangfan Wang, Fugen Wu
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Abstract

Lithium niobate thin film (TFLN) electro-optic modulators (EOM) are widely used in optical communication systems due to their high bandwidth, low half-wave voltage, and low energy loss. Based on the analysis of the finite element method, we optimize the structure parameters of the modulator and propose an EOM with an S-bend coupler and an electrode gap covered with a SiO2 layer. The device exhibited a half-wave voltage-length product of 2.13 V · F, a bandwidth greater than 75 GHz, and an optical loss <0.1 dB / cm. Besides, we also propose employing the linear regression algorithm in machine learning to help determine the parameters of high-performance modulators, which provides a new idea for the design and optimization of TFLN modulators.

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Hao Chen, Wenyuan Liao, Shaohua Yang, Huafeng Dong, Ying Shi, Huangfan Wang, and Fugen Wu "Structure simulation and design optimization of high-performance lithium niobate thin film electro-optic modulator," Optical Engineering 62(11), 115103 (20 November 2023). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.62.11.115103
Received: 31 May 2023; Accepted: 10 August 2023; Published: 20 November 2023
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KEYWORDS
Electrodes

Waveguides

Modulation

Design

Refractive index

Electrooptic modulators

Microwave radiation

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