Title :
Improved Design of Lithium Niobate Mach-Zehnder Interferometer at Blue-Laser Wavelength
Author :
Tsai, Yan-Tso ; Wang, Way-Seen
Author_Institution :
Grad. Inst. of Photonics & Optoelectron., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei
Abstract :
Lithium niobate Mach-Zehnder interferometers with truncated Y-branches and multimode interference structures for power splitting and combining at blue-laser wavelength are presented. Both calculated and experimental results show that extinction ratios can be significantly improved.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; extinction coefficients; light interference; lithium compounds; optical fabrication; LiNbO3; blue-laser wavelength; extinction ratios; lithium niobate Mach-Zehnder interferometer; multimode interference structures; optical power splitting; truncated Y-branches; Electrodes; Extinction ratio; Gallium nitride; Interference; Lithium niobate; Optical interferometry; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
PhotonicsGlobal@Singapore, 2008. IPGC 2008. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3901-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2906-6
DOI :
10.1109/IPGC.2008.4781455
