A Traveling Wave, Microwave Optical Modulator

Peter S. Cross; Richard A. Baumgartner; Brian H. Kolner

doi:10.1117/12.966088

28 November 1983 A Traveling Wave, Microwave Optical Modulator

Peter S. Cross, Richard A. Baumgartner, Brian H. Kolner

Proceedings Volume 0439, Picosecond Optoelectronics; (1983) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.966088
Event: 27th Annual Technical Symposium, 1983, San Diego, United States

Abstract

A Ti-diffused lithium niobate, traveling wave modulator has been fabricated and tested. A Mach-Zehnder interferometer optical configuration and a coplanar waveguide electrical transmission line are used. For a 4mm interaction length, the modulator has a 3dB bandwidth of 13 GHz and requires only 2 volts to switch at λ = 840 nm. The frequency response is measured directly using an ultra-high speed photodiode, and the test set-up therefore constitutes the highest bandwidth electrooptical transmission system ever reported.

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Peter S. Cross, Richard A. Baumgartner, and Brian H. Kolner "A Traveling Wave, Microwave Optical Modulator", Proc. SPIE 0439, Picosecond Optoelectronics, (28 November 1983); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.966088

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