Materials engineering proof of concept to achieve the simultaneous goals of low optical loss and low Vp in DP-QPSK electro-optic modulators based on gallium arsenide by u2t Photonics UK Ltd.

随着全球对数据需求的增加，系统架构师要求组件供应商提供更高的性能，并且通常需要降低成本。该项目的目的是通过对用于制造发射机组件的材料进行创新工程设计，来证明长距离光纤通信链路发射侧关键组件的低光损耗和低驱动电压这两个迄今为止相互排斥的目标。这些组件使用新型材料为系统架构师提供了光学功能集成的潜力，从而实现小尺寸，低功耗以及通过减少原材料和碳足迹对环境的相关好处。

As the global appetite for data increases system architects demand higher performance fromcomponent suppliers and often at reduced cost. The aim of this project is to demonstratehitherto mutually exclusive goals of low optical loss and low drive voltage for keycomponents in the transmit side of long haul fibre-optic communication links by innovativeengineering of the materials used to fabricate the transmitter components. The use of novelmaterials for these components provides systems architects with the potential for opticalfunction integration leading to small size, lower power consumption and the associatedbenefits to the environment through a reduction of raw materials and carbon footprint.