Abstract
Optical sideband power of 40 mW has been generated in a 25‐μm‐thick GaAs waveguide modulator at 16‐GHz offset from a 4‐W CO2 laser carrier by applying a microwave power of 20 W. The electrode is in the form of a microstrip transmission line, 2.8 cm long and 1 mm wide. The measured modulation bandwidth is 1 GHz at the sideband half‐power points.

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