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25 April 1980 High-speed Electro-Optical Signal Conversion Devices
F. J. Leonberger
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Proceedings Volume 0218, Devices and Systems for Optical Signal Processing; (1980) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.958506
Event: 1980 Los Angeles Technical Symposium, 1980, Los Angeles, United States
Abstract
Interferometric waveguide modulators famed by Ti diffusion in LiNb03 are under development for use in a high-speed electrooptic analog-to-digital (A/D) converter operating in the 6-bit 1-GS/sec range. The operational principles of these modulators and the design considerations for the A/D converter will be reviewed and the operational characteristics of the fabricated waveguide modulators will be described. The devices have a 17-dB extinction ratio and modulation at 1.4 GHz has been demonstrated. To simulate the A/D conversion application, the modulators have also been used in conjunction with a frequency-doubled mode-locked Nd:YAG laser to sample a 69-MHz signal at 275 MS/sec.
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F. J. Leonberger "High-speed Electro-Optical Signal Conversion Devices", Proc. SPIE 0218, Devices and Systems for Optical Signal Processing, (25 April 1980); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.958506
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KEYWORDS
Modulators

Electro optics

Waveguides

Electrodes

Analog electronics

Interferometry

Pulsed laser operation

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