Analysis of coplanar LiNbO3 waveguide structures applicable to electrooptic modulator with FDTD method
✍ Scribed by Byungje Lee; Joonho Byun; Bok-Ki Kim
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 271 KB
- Volume
- 39
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0895-2477
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
The 3D finite‐difference time‐domain (FDTD) method and the 2D quasi‐static formulation have been used to calculate the characteristic impedance and the microwave effective index of coplanar waveguide structures on lithium niobate (LiNbO~3~) single‐crystal substrates with a yttria‐stabilized zirconia (YSZ) or SiO~2~ buffer layer. The results shown can be a good source to predict the modulator characteristics. The effects of the thin buffer layer and anisotropy of the LiNbO~3~ crystal (x‐cut and z‐cut) are discussed. The comparison between the FDTD and quasi‐static results shows good agreement. In this paper, the efficient modeling technique of the FDTD method for the coplanar waveguide (CPW) structures based on an anisotropic substrate with a thin buffer layer is developed. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 39: 234–237, 2003; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.11178