High-speed pulse generation using a sinusoidally driven Ti-LiNbO3 directional coupler travelling-wave optical modulator
Abstract
A report is presented of the generation of 47 ps (FWHM) optical pulses at a 5 Gbit/s repetition rate using a sinusoidally driven Ti: LiNbO3 directional coupler modulator with travelling-wave electrodes. By selective DC bias of the switch, these pulses are obtained without overdriving and without velocity matching of the electrical and optical waves.
- Publication:
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Electronics Letters
- Pub Date:
- April 1984
- DOI:
- 10.1049/el:19840266
- Bibcode:
- 1984ElL....20..384K
- Keywords:
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- Light Modulation;
- Lithium Niobates;
- Photonics;
- Picosecond Pulses;
- Pulse Generators;
- Traveling Wave Modulation;
- Doped Crystals;
- Electro-Optics;
- Light Sources;
- Optical Coupling;
- Pulse Rate;
- Titanium;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering