Title :
A robust 2f-to-3f collinear interferometer with a dual-pitch periodically poled lithium niobate ridge waveguide
Author :
Hitachi, K. ; Ishizawa, A. ; Tadanaga, O. ; Mashiko, H. ; Nishikawa, T. ; Sogawa, T. ; Gotoh, H.
Author_Institution :
NTT Basic Res. Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrated that a 2f-to-3f collinear interferometer is robust against environmental noise. The out-of-loop Allan deviation of the collinear interferometer is 7×10-15 at gate time of 1 s, irrespective of environmental perturbation.
Keywords :
light interferometers; lithium compounds; optical waveguides; ridge waveguides; LiNbO3; dual-pitch periodically poled lithium niobate ridge waveguide; environmental noise; environmental perturbation; gate time; out-of-loop Allan deviation; robust 2f-3f collinear interferometer; time 1 s; Bandwidth; Lithium niobate; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; Optical interferometry; Optical waveguides; Robustness; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
