RF engineers turn segmented modulator design into a shrinking-yourself joke
jwt0625 · x · 2026-07-26
RF engineers joke about shrinking themselves to build segmented modulators
A reply thread turns into a joke about “shrinking” RF people so they can dig and place electrodes segment by segment. The punchline lands because the linked papers are genuinely about highly segmented thin-film lithium niobate modulators, with diagrams showing the fine-grained electrode and transmission-line geometry.
The post is funny first, but the attached figures make the technical context clear: these are advanced photonics/RF modulator designs with extremely detailed segmentation and packaging constraints.
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