High-sensitivity experimental setup to measure electrooptic coefficient in nonlinear optical material

Author

Bosc, D. ; Moutonnet, D. ; Pelous, Y. ; Priaud, H.

Author_Institution

France Telecom, Lannion, France

Volume

5

Issue

6

fYear

1993

fDate

6/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

692

Lastpage

694

Abstract

An experimental setup to measure electrooptic coefficient in nonlinear material is described. This setup consists of an optical heterodyne Mach-Zehnder interferometer. The reference modulation is obtained with an acoustooptic light modulator. The test sample is a BGO crystal. A phase modulation of 4.2 10/sup -4/ can be detected with a 10-MHz modulation frequency applied to the crystal. An electrooptic coefficient of 1 pm/V can be measured with this setup.<>

Keywords

bismuth compounds; demodulation; electro-optical effects; light interferometry; nonlinear optics; optical modulation; phase modulation; sensitivity; 10 MHz; Bi/sub 12/GeO/sub 20/; acousto-optical devices; acoustooptic light modulator; electrooptic coefficient; modulation frequency; nonlinear optical material; optical heterodyne Mach-Zehnder interferometer; phase modulation; reference modulation; test sample; Acoustic signal detection; Acoustic testing; Crystalline materials; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical materials; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Phase detection; Phase modulation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.219713

Filename

219713