ELECTROOPTIC COEFFICIENT MEASUREMENTS IN LITAO3 AND LINBO3 WAVE-GUIDES

被引:7
作者
SUZUKI, T
EKNOYAN, O
TAYLOR, HF
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[1] Department of Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station
[2] Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., LTD, Tokyo
[3] Department of Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station
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10.1109/50.212540
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The magnitudes of linear electrooptic coefficients r13 and r33 in Zn:LiTaO3 repoled channel waveguides are reported. The measurements are made at 0.633-mum wavelength using a Fabry-Perot interferometer. The waveguides were produced by diffusion from the vapor phase at a temperature above the Curie temperature. For full recovery of the Pockels effect, an electric field of approximately 200 V/cm is needed during repoling. The measured values of r13 and r33 at 32-MHz modulation frequency are 7.2 and 30.3 pm/V, respectively. The difference between unclamped and clamped coefficients are comparable to those from bulk crystals. Measurements are also made on Ti:LiNbO3 waveguides that did not require repoling and good agreement with bulk crystal values are obtained.
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