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[WE3-2]Comparison of High-Speed Performance between InP-Based Coplanar Strip-Line and Capacitive-Loading Mach-Zehnder Modulators
○Ruoyun Yao1, Weiwei Pan1, Yu Cheng1, Min Gong1, Jintian Zhu2, Chen Ji1 (1.Zhejiang University, 2.G-TRON Semiconductor Co., Ltd.)
Keywords:
Optical modulators
This work presents a coplanar strip-line Mach-Zehnder modulator with shallow-etched waveguides, achieving a microwave attenuation of 2.55 dB/mm at 40 GHz and competitive electro-optic bandwidth, outperforming capacitive-loading modulators with a fivefold increase in density.