JOURNAL ARTICLE

Interdigital electro-optic thin-film modulator

J. N. PolkyJ. H. Harris

Year: 1972 Journal:   Applied Physics Letters Vol: 21 (7)Pages: 307-309   Publisher: American Institute of Physics

Abstract

An integrated optical modulator is presented that achieved 50% depth of modulation. A double-ended coupling prism allowed nitrobenzene to be used as the waveguide material. Also, an approximate theory of operation is developed.

Keywords:
Prism Modulation (music) Optical modulator Materials science Waveguide Optics Electro-optic modulator Coupling (piping) Optoelectronics Nitrobenzene Thin film Integrated optics Phase modulation Physics Chemistry Nanotechnology Acoustics

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Citation History

Topics

Photonic and Optical Devices
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics
Physical Sciences →  Physics and Astronomy →  Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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