Title :
Self-drive of a resonant-piezoelectrooptic light modulator
Author :
Halido, D. ; Weil, Raoul
Author_Institution :
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
It is demonstrated experimentally that a resonant-piezoelectrooptic light modulator can be self-driven because the active crystal can simultaneously be used as the light modulator and the controlling element of an oscillating circuit.
Keywords :
Gallium arsenide; Optical feedback; Optical films; Optical modulation; Oscillators; Piezooptic effects; RLC circuits; Resonance; Resonant frequency; Voltage;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/PROC.1975.9925
