Title :
High power microwave pulse impact on an all-dielectric lithium niobate modulator
Author :
Schaffner, James H. ; Geary, Kevin ; Yap, Daniel ; Efimov, Oleg ; White, Dan A. ; Stowell, Mark L. ; Brown, Charles G., Jr. ; Levine, Jerrold S.
Author_Institution :
HRL Labs., Malibu, CA, USA
Abstract :
Measurements and multiphysics simulations of all-dielectric LiNbO3 grating modulators exposed to high power microwave pulses were conducted. Thinned substrate devices exposed to 180kV/cm fields show no significant degradation in measured optical spectrum or link gain.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; electro-optical modulation; lithium compounds; microwave photonics; optical fibre communication; optical links; optical receivers; LiNbO3; all-dielectric lithium niobate grating modulator; high power microwave pulse impact; multiphysics simulations; optical link gain; optical spectrum; thinned substrate device; Gain; Microwave photonics; Modulation; Optical fibers; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics (MWP), 2010 IEEE Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7824-8
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2010.5664201
