Title :
Light modulator using piezoelectric films with waveguides
Author :
Kimura, Mizue ; Takahashi, Hiroki ; Miyamoto, Takahiro
Author_Institution :
Tohoku Gakuin University, Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tagajo, Japan
Abstract :
A light modulator using piezoelectric films based on optical interference of the Mach-Zehnder type has been proposed and demonstrated. The modulator is constructed with two optical waveguides joined to each other at both ends to divide the incident light and to recombine them, and each waveguide is fabricated on a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) film to serve as a voltage-driven phase-shifter.
Keywords :
electro-optical devices; optical modulation; optical waveguides; piezoelectric thin films; polymer films; Mach-Zehnder optical interferometer; PVDF film; frequency 50 kHz; light modulator; optical modulators; piezoelectric films with waveguides; polyvinylidene fluoride; two optical waveguides joined; voltage-driven phase-shifter;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19840526
