Title :
X-cut lithium niobate optical single-sideband modulator
Author :
Higuma, K. ; Oikawa, S. ; Hashimoto, Y. ; Nagata, H. ; Izutsu, M.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Div., New Technol. Res. Labs., Chiba, Japan
fDate :
4/12/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A hermetically packaged x-cut LiNbO3 optical single-sideband modulator is presented, which successfully performs a carrier-suppression ratio over 25 dB with an RF driving voltage of 8 V p-p at 10 GHz
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; lithium compounds; optical design techniques; optical materials; optical waveguide components; 10 GHz; LiNbO3; RF driving voltage; carrier-suppression ratio; hermetically packaged modulator; optical single-sideband modulator; single-sideband modulator; x-cut crystal;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20010342