Coplanar waveguide wire electrode structure and modulator
A coplanar waveguide wire electrode structure and a modulator includes a metal electrode and an optical waveguide. The metal electrode includes ground electrodes and a signal electrode. Connecting arms are arranged on both sides of the signal electrode. The inner sides of the ground electrodes are provided with other connecting arms. The tail ends of the connecting arms of the signal electrode are provided with signal wire extension electrodes, and the tail ends of the connecting arms of the ground electrodes are provided with ground wire extension electrodes. A distance is provided between the signal wire extension electrodes and the ground wire extension electrodes. The optical waveguide passes through the spaces between the signal wire extension electrodes and the ground wire extension electrodes. By extending the metal electrode, the distance between the electrodes is actually shortened.
1. A coplanar waveguide wire electrode structure, comprising a metal electrode and an optical waveguide, wherein the metal electrode comprises a ground electrode and a signal electrode, connecting arms are arranged on both sides of the signal electrode, connecting arms are arranged inside the ground electrode, tail ends of the connecting arms of the signal electrode are provided with signal wire extension electrodes, tail ends of the connecting arms of the ground electrodes are provided with ground wire extension electrodes, a distance D 1 is designed between the signal wire extension electrodes and the ground wire extension electrodes, and/or a distance D 2 is designed between the signal wire extension electrodes and the ground electrode, and/or a distance D 3 is designed between the ground wire extension electrodes and the signal electrode, and
the optical waveguide passes through spaces between the signal wire extension electrodes and the ground wire extension electrodes,
the connecting arm forms a “L” shape with the signal wire extension electrode or the ground wire extension electrode.
2. The coplanar waveguide wire electrode structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a distance of each of the connecting arms from an edge on a left side of each of the signal wire extension electrodes or the ground wire extension electrodes is t 1 , a distance of the connecting arm from an edge on a right side of the signal wire extension electrode or the ground wire extension electrode is t 2 , a distance between two adjacent connecting arms is T, the vertical distances meet the following conditions: t 1 ≥0, t 2 ≥0, T>0,0<t 1 +t 2 ≤T, and values of t 1 and t 2 range from 1 to 100 μm.
3. The coplanar waveguide wire electrode structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a width of the connecting arm is δ 1 , a width of the extension electrode is δ 2 , and the widths meet the following conditions: δ 1 <t 1 +t 2 , 0<δ 1 <30 μm, 0<δ 2 <30 μm.
4. The coplanar waveguide wire electrode structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a distance between the ground electrode and the signal electrode is D, wherein a range of D is as follows: 3 μm≤D≤200 μm, a width of the ground electrode ranges from 5 to 2000 μm, and a width of the signal electrode ranges from 5 to 1000 μm.
5. The coplanar waveguide wire electrode structure as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the distance D 1 is 1 μm<D 1 <D, the distance D 2 is 1 μm<D 2 <D, and the distance D 3 is 1 μm<D 3 <D.
6. The coplanar waveguide wire electrode structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the optical waveguide consists of an input waveguide, a waveguide light-splitting element, a double-arm waveguide, a waveguide light-combining element and an output waveguide, the metal electrode consists of one signal electrodes and two ground electrodes which are disposed on a left side, a middle part and a right side of the double-arm waveguide.
7. The coplanar waveguide wire electrode structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the connecting arm is perpendicular to the signal wire extension electrode or the ground wire extension electrode, the ground wire extension electrode is parallel to the ground electrode, and the signal electrode is parallel to the signal wire extension electrode.
8. A coplanar waveguide wire modulator, comprising a substrate and a lithium niobate layer formed on a surface of the substrate, wherein the lithium niobate layer is provided with the coplanar waveguide wire electrode structure as claimed in claim 1 .
9. The modulator as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the lithium niobate layer is etched X-cut, Y-cut or Z-cut thin film lithium niobate, the substrate under the lithium niobate layer is made of a multilayer material of silicon, or silicon dioxide or silicon and silicon dioxide or a multilayer material of silicon dioxide, metal and silicon.