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We theoretically analyze and experimentally investigate the dependence of residual amplitude modulation (RAM) on the beam radius within the electro-optic crystal (EOC), the wedge angle of the EOC and the overlap efficiency between the extraordinary and ordinary beams, and the overlap efficiency is determined by the distance from the wedge facet to the downstream …

Residual amplitude modulation and its mitigation in wedged electro ...

We theoretically analyze and experimentally investigate the dependence of residual amplitude modulation (RAM) on the beam radius within the electro-optic crystal (EOC), the wedge angle of the EOC and the overlap efficiency between the extraordinary and ordinary beams, and the overlap efficiency is determined by the distance from the wedge facet to the downstream …

Electro-Optic Modulation: Systems and Applications

Electro-optic modulators can deliver this performance without compromising overall beam geometry.Disk RecordersVideodisk mastering has been entirely dominated by electro-optic systems. the "mother" disk is typically written with a 7-MHz FM-encoded format by a largeframe argon laser and a 50-MHz electro-optic modulation system. This ...

Electro-optic modulation of solution-processed molybdenum …

Solution-processed molybdenum disulfide (${mathrm{Mo}mathrm{S}}_{2}$) shows promise for tunable photonics and optoelectronics development. However, though scalable, it often leads to devices with inferior performance as a result of its random, discrete nature. In this study, we show via density-functional-theory calculations that the electronic …

How electro-optical modulators work

Electro-optical modulators (EOMs) are devices that can alter the polarization state or refractive index of a light beam using an external electric field. ... AOMs use the interaction between sound waves and light to achieve modulation. The modulator consists of a crystal that is subjected to a high-frequency acoustic wave. This creates a ...

Hybrid lithium tantalite-silicon integrated photonics platform for ...

Integrated electro-optic modulators are key components in photonic integrated circuits. Silicon photonic technology is considered to be promising for large-scale and low-cost integration. However, silicon does not exhibit any Pockels effect, and the electro-optic modulator based on free-carrier dispersion suffers from challenges such as high-power …

Electro-optic modulation in integrated photonics

The main physical phenomena exploited for electro-optic modulation are first introduced, aiming to provide a self-contained reference to researchers in physics and engineering.

Analysis of frequency-shifting loops in integer and fractional …

Frequency-shifting loops (FSLs) are analyzed theoretically in cases where the intracavity modulator induces two sidebands at each round trip, a situation that can be commonly obtained with electro-optic intensity or phase modulators. Using a simple model, we discuss the ability of such loops to perform frequency-to-time mapping, in the integer Talbot condition, or pulse …

Optical Modulators – acousto-optic, electro-optic

An optical modulator is a device which can be used for manipulating a property of light – often of an optical beam, e.g. a laser beam pending on which property of light is controlled, modulators are called intensity modulators, phase modulators, modulators, spatial light modulators, etc.. A wide range of optical modulators are used in very different application areas, such as in …

Ultra-fast perovskite electro-optic modulator and multi-band ...

Here, we demonstrate an ultra-high-speed electro-optic waveguide modulator constructed using a thin film of lanthanum-modified lead zirconate titanate with a ferroelectric …

Electro-optic spatial light modulator from an engineered ...

A single electro-optic modulator is explained in Fig. 2a and fabricated devices are shown in Supplementary Fig. 12: metallic stripes of total thickness h Au from titanium and gold (of thickness 15 ...

Integrated electro-optic modulator on a lead zirconate titanate …

Integrated electro-optic (EO) modulators are the core components of the optoelectronic information technology, and lithium niobate is currently the most widely used crystalline thin …

Optical Modulation (Chapter 10)

3. Optical modulation can be categorized as direct modulation or external modulation. Direct modulation is directly performed on an optical source, which is usually a light-emitting diode (LED) or a laser, without using a separate optical modulator. External modulation is performed on an optical wave using a separate optical modulator to change ...

Broadband Thin-Film Lithium Niobate Electro-Optic Modulator

Recently, thin-film lithium niobate electro-optical modulators have developed rapidly and have become the core solution for the next generation of electro-optical problems. Compared with bulk lithium niobate modulators, these modulators not only retain the advantages of lithium niobate materials, such as low loss, high extinction ratio, high linear response and …

Basics of Electro-Optic Modulators | SpringerLink

4.2.2 Principle of Optical Phase Modulation by Electro-Optic Effect. We assume that the optical input of the modulator is a monochromatic lightwave whose electric field Q is given by, where the amplitude, frequency, and phase are constant. The EO effect is a linear effect on the optical input; we can use phasors to describe lightwaves in the ...

Organic electro-optic polymer materials and organic-based hybrid …

High performance electro-optic modulator, as the key device of integrated ultra-wideband optical systems, have become the focus of research. Meanwhile, the organic-based hybrid electro-optic modulators, which make full use of the advantages of organic electro-optic (OEO) materials (e.g. high electro-optic coefficient, fast response speed, high …

On-chip silicon electro-optical modulator with ultra-high extinction ...

Here, an on-chip silicon electro-optical modulator (EOM) based on multiple coupled microrings is demonstrated with ultra-high ER of up to 68 dB while the device size and power consumption are only ...

Highly efficient single-layer graphene electro-absorption modulator

We propose a single-layer graphene electro-absorption modulator (EAM) with an angled waveguide sidewall. By utilizing the hybridization of the TM0 mode and the TE1 mode in the waveguide, the light–graphene interaction is enhanced. A modulation depth of 0.124 dB/µm and a figure of merit up to 25 are obtained at 1550 nm. …

Plasmonic metafibers electro-optic modulators | Light: Science ...

Direct integration of an electro-optic modulator device on the endface of a single-mode fiber jumper for coupling-free treatments, dual-band operations (telecom …

Mid-infrared barium titanate electro-optic modulators based on a ...

Mid-infrared electro-optic (EO) modulation efficiency and high-frequency performance of barium titanate (BTO) modulators on a germanium-on-silicon platform are investigated. Leveraging its exceptional Pockels coefficients, BTO exhibits remarkable EO modulation capabilities in both transverse-electric (TE) mode for a-axis growth and transverse-magnetic (TM) mode for c-axis …

Electro-optic modulation in integrated photonics

The main physical phenomena exploited for electro-optic modulation are first introduced, aiming to provide a self-contained reference to researchers in physics and engineering.

Electro-optic Modulators – EOM, Pockels cells, phase modulator ...

An electro-optic modulator (EOM) (or electrooptic modulator) is a device which can be used for controlling the power (→ intensity modulators), phase (→ phase modulators) or polarization of …

Low-loss and broadband complementary dual-output electro-optic ...

Broadband, low-drive voltage electro-optic modulators are crucial optoelectronic components in the new-generation microwave photonic links and broadband optical interconnect network applications. In this paper, we fabricate a low-loss thin-film lithium niobate complementary dual-output electro-optic modulator chip with a 3 dB electro-optic …

Integrated Electro-Optic Modulators: Progress, Challenges, …

In fact, for over a decade the International Roadmap for Devices and Systems (IRDS) has listed optical interconnects as a possible solution for increasing data rates and reducing energy …

Indium-Tin-Oxide for High-performance Electro-optic Modulation

Abstract: Advances in opto-electronics are often led by discovery and development of materials featuring unique properties. Recently, the material class of transparent conductive oxides (TCO) has attracted attention for active photonic devices on-chip. In particular, indium tin oxide (ITO) is found to have refractive index changes on the order of unity. This …

Electro-optic modulation in integrated photonics

Modulator performance is typically quantified in terms of a number of metrics, which include the extinction ratio (ER), insertion losses (IL), electro-optic bandwidth (EO BW), optical bandwidth, linearity, driving …

Low half-wave voltage polymeric electro-optic modulator using …

Electro-optic (EO) modulators are typically made of inorganic materials such as lithium niobate; the replacement of these modulators with organic EO materials is a promising alternative due to their lower half-wave voltage (Vπ), ease of handling, and relatively low cost. We propose the design and fabrication of a push-pull polymer electro-optic modulator with voltage-length …

Electro-optic Modulation for Photonic Networks

This textbook provides comprehensive and detailed information on electro-optic modulation, which plays important roles in lightwave networks including optical fiber links, visible ray communications, fiber-wireless, etc. The first part of this book describes roles and basic functions of optical modulators as well as various modulation schemes.

Silicon-integrated scandium-doped aluminum nitride electro …

Fig. 1 a Simulation of waveguide cross-section with the fundamental TE 00 mode. b Micrograph of the fabricated AlScN micro-ring modulator. c SEM image of the AlScN waveguide cross- section. d Measured transmission spectra of spiral waveguides of different lengths. The optical transmission is normalized to 0-dBm launched optical power and additional losses in the

Practical Uses and Applications of Electro-Optic …

The phase modulator is the simplest electro-optic modulator.Here, an electric field is applied along one of the crystal''s principal axes. 3 Light polarized along any other principal axis experiences an index of refraction change, hence an …

2. Electro-optic phase modulator — Luceda Academy 2024.09 …

In this section, we will discuss how to implement the layout and the circuit model of the high-speed electro-optic phase modulator (EOPM). While there are many physical processes one can employ to achieve phase modulation, we will focus here on carrier depletion. In carrier depletion-type EOPMs, the waveguide carrying the optical wave has a p-n ...

Hydrothermal growth of KTiOPO4 crystal for electro-optical …

a Three contributions of Electro-optic (EO) coefficients: acoustic phonons, optic phonons, and electronic.b–f EO effect devices: b high-speed EO phase modulator, where an electric field changes ...

ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATORS

Our Free-space Electro-optic modulators (EOMs) are efficient, convenient and easy to use tools to modify the phase, frequency, polarization or amplitude of a free-space laser. ... Optical dipole traps / optical lattices; Polarisation modulation; Laser Beam Conditioning - overview. QUBIG GMBH. Balanstr. 57, 81541 Munich Bavaria, Germany. P: +49 ...

Linear electro-optical analysis model of a lithium niobate thin film ...

We propose an improved model for the electro-optic (EO) properties of a thin film lithium niobate (TFLN) Mach-Zehnder (MZ) electro-optic modulator (EOM) with arbitrary crystal axis orientation. We develop an analytical theory based on second-order nonlinear optics to describe the linear EO effect and establish an approximate calculation method with the aid …

BTO-enhanced silicon photonics

We demonstrate an advanced BTO-enhanced silicon photonic platform for high-volume applications in communication, optical computing, and sensing. Our platform exploits an ultra …

High-speed electro-optic modulation in topological interface …

Electro-optic modulators are key components in data communication, microwave photonics, and quantum photonics. Modulation bandwidth, energy efficiency, and device dimension are crucial metrics of ...

(PDF) Electro-optical modulator based on photonic crystals on ...

We report on electro-optic modulation using a Lithium Niobate (LN) Photonic Crystal (PC) cavity structure. The compact device (6 μm in length) consists of a 2D photonic crystal cavity made on an ...

ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATORS

Our Free-space Electro-optic modulators (EOMs) are efficient, convenient and easy to use tools to modify the phase, frequency, polarization or amplitude of a free-space laser. ... Optical dipole traps / optical lattices; Polarisation …

Stable electro-optic modulators using thin-film lithium tantalate

The most seminal EO device–the Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM)– benefits a host of technologies in optical communications, sensing and computing. State-of-the-art figures-of-merit for TFLN MZMs at 1550 nm include half-wave voltage length product (V π L) and optical loss of 2.3 Vcm and 3 dB/m, respectively, and EO bandwidths beyond 100 GHz .

Wide optical spectrum range, subvolt, compact modulator based …

We design and demonstrate a compact and low-power, band-engineered, electro-optic (EO) polymer refilled silicon slot photonic crystal waveguide (PCW) modulator. The EO polymer is engineered for large EO activity and near-infrared transparency. A PCW step coupler is used for optimum coupling to the slow-light mode of the band-engineered PCW. The half-wave …