An external electrooptic sampling technique based on the Fabry-Perot effect

Author

Muller, P.O. ; Alleston, S.B. ; Vickers, A.J. ; Erasme, D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Commun., ENST, Paris, France

Volume

35

Issue

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

7

Lastpage

11

Abstract

Electrooptic sampling has proved itself as the best technique for the measurement of high-speed electronic signals. This is due to its high bandwidth and noninvasiveness. Standard sampling geometries rely on a rotation of polarization within an electrooptic material and subsequent polarization sensitive detection. In this paper, we present results using a simple technique which relies on Fabry-Perot resonances inside the electrooptic material to produce an amplitude modulation. This simplifies the experiment considerably

Keywords

Fabry-Perot resonators; amplitude modulation; electro-optical modulation; integrated optics; measurement by laser beam; Fabry-Perot effect; Fabry-Perot resonances; amplitude modulation; bandwidth; electrooptic material; external electrooptic sampling technique; high-speed electronic signals; noninvasiveness; polarization sensitive detection; standard sampling geometries; Amplitude modulation; Bandwidth; Delay; Fabry-Perot; Fiber lasers; Lasers and electrooptics; Polarization; Probes; Sampling methods; Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.737612

Filename

737612