基于柔性衬底PDMS的钛酸钡电光调制器

Barium titanate electro-optical modulator based on flexible substrate PDMS

  • 摘要: 电光调制器是光通信链路的核心组件, 因此, 开发低半波电压、大调制带宽、低损耗且成本低的电光调制器是当前光通信系统研究的重点任务。目前, 铌酸锂是调制器系统的主要材料, 但由于其电光系数较低, 器件性能难以进一步提升。钛酸钡作为电光系数比铌酸锂高30多倍的铁电材料, 在电光调制器的研究中具有重要意义。本文通过COMSOL、Lumerical和HFSS软件对钛酸钡调制器的光学和射频参数进行了系统的仿真、计算与优化, 最终设计出一种半波电压长度积为0.196 V·cm、器件长度为1 mm、-3 dB调制带宽超过400 GHz的钛酸钡电光调制器。本研究展示了该调制器在低驱动电压和高性能光通信系统中的应用潜力。

     

    Abstract: Electro-optical modulators are the core of optical communication links, and the pursuit of modulators with low half-wave voltages, large modulation bandwidths, low losses, and low fabrication costs remains the primary focus of modern optical communication system research.Currently, lithium niobate (LN) is the dominant material for modulator systems, but due to its low electro-optical coefficient, further improvement of device performance is challenging.Barium titanate (BTO), with an electro-optical coefficient more than 30 times that of LN, is a ferroelectric material of great significance for the study of electro-optical modulators.In this work, we systematically simulate, calculate, and optimize the optical and RF parameters of the BTO modulator using COMSOL, Lumerical, and HFSS software.The result is a BTO electro-optic modulator with a half-wave voltage-length product of 0.196 V·cm and a -3 dB modulation bandwidth exceeding 400 GHz at a device length of 1 mm.Overall, our study highlights the potential of the proposed modulator for low-drive-voltage, high-performance optical communication systems.

     

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