Materials Study for Millimeter Subcarrier Optical Modulators

1 January 1973

proceedings article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

https://doi.org/10.1109/gmtt.1973.1123193

Abstract

Experimental millimeter wavelength loss tangent data are presented for 14 electro-optic materials. CdTe operating at 1.06 /spl mu/m is selected for continued refinement as the most promising material for use in an electro-optic modulator driven at millimeter wavelengths.

Keywords

OPTICAL MODULATION
OPTICAL MATERIALS
CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS
OPTICAL LOSSES
OPTICAL ATTENUATORS
WAVELENGTH MEASUREMENT
OPTICAL SENSORS
LABORATORIES
MILLIMETER WAVE COMMUNICATION
MILLIMETER WAVE MEASUREMENTS

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Microwave Nonlinear Susceptibilities Due to Electronic and Ionic Anharmonicities in Acentric Crystals
Physical Review Letters, 1971
A Dielectric Resonator Method of Measuring Inductive Capacities in the Millimeter Range
IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 1960