Title :
Progress toward an efficient traveling wave in-line fiber analog modulator
Author :
Hamilton, S.A. ; Yankelevich, D.R. ; Knoesen, A. ; Hill, R.A. ; Weverka, R.T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Davis, CA, USA
Abstract :
An in-line fiber modulator is an asymmetric directional coupler consisting of a continuous single mode fiber interacting through the evanescent fields with an electro-optic (EO) waveguide. Such an asymmetric coupler can be described by coupled wave theory
Keywords :
coupled mode analysis; electro-optical modulation; integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical directional couplers; optical polymers; symmetry; asymmetric directional coupler; continuous single mode fiber; coupled wave theory; electro-optic waveguide; evanescent fields; traveling wave in-line fiber analog modulator; Coplanar waveguides; Electrooptic modulators; Electrooptical waveguides; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical films; Optical losses; Optical modulation; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1998. LEOS '98. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4947-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1998.739474
