Optical carrier modulation by integrated optical devices in lithium niobate

1 May 1991

proceedings article
Published by SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng

p. 83-92
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.46081

Abstract

Proton-exchanged LiNbO3 electrooptic waveguide devices are applicable to communications components employing phase and intensity modulation, in virtue of their (1) high optical damage threshold, (2) extremely high polarization maintenance, and (3) flexibility as to waveguide parameters, due to different annealing procedures. Attention is presently given to two examples of such devices, an LiNbO3 phase modulator and an LiNbO3 Mach-Zehnder interferometer modulator operating at 1300 nm.

Keywords

INTEGRATED OPTICS
LITHIUM NIOBATE
MODULATION
MODULATORS
WAVEGUIDES
ANNEALING
POLARIZATION
MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER
LASER DAMAGE THRESHOLD

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