High-frequency, stripline, multireflection electrooptic beam deflectors

Author

Renkoski, Timothy E. ; Nunnally, W.C. ; Gahl, John

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, USA

Volume

23

Issue

6

fYear

2005

fDate

6/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2118

Lastpage

2123

Abstract

A novel electrooptic (EO) beam deflector has been designed through numerical simulation. This stripline lithium tantalate device has the potential to electrooptically modulate the deflection of an optical pulse at unprecedented frequencies. Velocity matching of the optical pulse to a high-frequency transmission line signal is achieved through reflections of the fast optical pulse. An optimal design criterion is formulated for this device. Deflection capability is estimated to be 8°. The device is intended for use in deflection-based optical analog-digital (A/D) conversion.

Keywords

analogue-digital conversion; electro-optical deflectors; electro-optical modulation; high-speed optical techniques; lithium compounds; optical design techniques; deflection-based optical analog-digital conversion; electrooptical modulation; high-frequency stripline multireflection electrooptic beam deflectors; high-frequency transmission line signal; numerical simulation; optical pulse deflection; stripline lithium tantalate device; velocity matching; Electrooptic deflectors; Electrooptic devices; Electrooptic modulators; Frequency; Lithium compounds; Numerical simulation; Optical pulses; Pulse modulation; Stripline; Transmission lines; Analog–digital (A/D) conversion; electrooptic (EO) deflectors; electrooptic (EO) devices; laser beam steering; microwave devices; traveling-wave devices;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2005.849905

Filename

1440520