DC Drift of$hboxZ$-Cut$hboxLiNbO_3$Modulators

Autor: Yagang Li, H. Nagata, W.R. Bosenberg, Gilbert D. Feke
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 16:1655-1657
ISSN: 1041-1135
DOI: 10.1109/lpt.2004.829545
Popis: DC drift characteristics of z-cut LiNbO/sub 3/ modulators with oxide buffer layers were studied with respect to their acceleration factors and long-term reliability. Analysis of more than 120 data points of measured drift tests indicate a slight nonlinear contribution by the starting bias voltage Vs to drift acceleration, with a factor equal to Vs/sup 1.27/. However, the observed nonlinearity is shown to have little affect on reliability estimations due to a dominant contribution from temperature activation energy; Ea=1.1 eV. The dc drift failure rates are estimated to be on the order of tens of failures in time for 20 years at 55/spl deg/C.
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