Fast electro-optic waveguide deflector modulator

15 August 1973

journal article
research article
Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters

Vol. 23 (4) , 176-177
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1654849

Abstract

We describe a high‐speed deflector‐modulator based on an electro‐optically induced thick phase grating in optical waveguides of single‐crystal epitaxial ZnO film on Al₂O₃ substrates. 40% of the beam is diffracted into first order with response times of 3 nsec. The extinction ratio in the deflected beam is greater than 95%. We predict 80% diffraction, response times of < 1 nsec, and power requirements of approximately 1 mW/MHz for an optimized geometry.

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