Title :
Linear thin-film Bragg modulator
Author :
Akhmedzhanov, I.M. ; Prokhorov, A.M. ; Shcherbakov, E.A.
Author_Institution :
Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Institute of General Physics, Moscow, USSR
Abstract :
A thin-film Bragg modulator operating linearly without bias voltage is suggested and experimentally investigated. The operating point is shifted due to a stationary volume phase diffraction grating being under the electrodes in a waveguide.
Keywords :
integrated optics; optical modulation; optical waveguide components; thin film devices; electrodes; integrated optics; linear thin film Bragg modulator; operating point; optical waveguide; stationary volume phase diffraction grating;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19840659
