GUIDED-WAVE ELECTROOPTIC BEAM DEFLECTOR USING DOMAIN REVERSAL IN LITAO3

被引:46
作者
CHEN, QB
CHIU, Y
LAMBETH, DN
SCHLESINGER, TE
STANCIL, DD
机构
[1] Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
基金
美国安德鲁·梅隆基金会;
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10.1109/50.317528
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We have fabricated and demonstrated the operation of electro-optic beam deflectors using domain reversal in planar waveguides fabricated on LiTaO3 substrates. The planar waveguides were made using proton exchange on z-cut substrates, and proton exchange with subsequent rapid thermal annealing was used to form the inverted domains. The deflection sensitivity of the device was measured to be about 6.7 mrad/kV. Calculations indicate that the deflection sensitivity should be increased by a factor of 25 to 30 with improvements in device geometry.
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