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This Letter introduces the design and simulation of a microstrip-line-based electro-optic(EO) polymer optical phase modulator(PM) that is further enhanced by the addition of photonic crystal(PhC) structures that are in close proximity to the optical core. The slow-wave PhC structure is designed for two different material configurations and placed in the modulator as a superstrate to the optical core; simulation results are depicted for both1 D and 2D PhC structures. The PM characteristics are modeled using a combination of the finite element method and the optical beam propagation method in both the RF and optical domains, respectively.The phase-shift simulation results show a factor of 1.7 increase in an effective EO coefficient(120 pm/V) while maintaining a broadband bandwidth of 40 GHz.
This Letter introduces the design and simulation of a microstrip-line-based electro-optic (EO) polymer optical phase modulator (PM) that is further enhanced by the addition of photonic crystal (PhC) structures that are in close proximity to the optical core . The slow-wave PhC structure is designed for two different material configurations and placed in the modulator as a superstrate to the optical core; the simulation results are both for 2D1D and 2D PhC structures. The PM characteristics are modeled using a combination of the finite element method and the optical beam propagation method in both the RF and optical domains, respectively. The phase-shift simulation results show a factor of 1.7 increase in an effective EO coefficient (120 pm / V) while maintaining a broadband bandwidth of 40 GHz.