Lithium niobate ridge waveguide modulator
- 15 June 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 24 (12) , 622-624
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1655079
Abstract
A narrow ridge was ion‐beam etched on an outdiffused LiNbO3 crystal to form a single‐mode waveguide confining the beam in both transverse dimensions. Electrodes were evaporated along the ridge to produce a very efficient electro‐optic phase modulator requiring a power of 20 μ W/MHz of bandwidth and a voltage of 1.2 V to produce a modulation index of 1 rad.Keywords
This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
- Strip-Loaded Film WaveguideBell System Technical Journal, 1974
- Slab-Coupled WaveguidesBell System Technical Journal, 1974
- Metal-Clad Optical Waveguides: Analytical and Experimental StudyApplied Optics, 1974
- Novel Optical Waveguide for Integrated OpticsApplied Optics, 1974
- Modes in optical waveguides formed by diffusionApplied Physics Letters, 1973
- Thin-film LiNbO3 electro-optic light modulatorApplied Physics Letters, 1973
- Optical waveguiding layers in LiNbO3 and LiTaO3Applied Physics Letters, 1973
- Sputtered Glass Waveguide for Integrated Optical CircuitsBell System Technical Journal, 1969
- Electrooptic light modulatorsProceedings of the IEEE, 1966