Phase correction by laser ablation of a polarization independent LiNbO3 Mach-Zehnder modulator

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1361-1363

  Chen, Chii Chang ^b   Porte, Henri ^b   Carenco, Alain ^c   Goedgebuer, Jean Pierre ^a,b   Armbruster, Vincent ^b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^c ORANGE LABS   (France)

Author keywords

Ablation; Electrooptic devices; Integrated optics; Optical modulation; Optical waveguides; Phase matching; Photoelastic materials; Polarization

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LASER ABLATION; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

MACH ZEHNDER MODULATORS; PHASE CORRECTION; PHASE MATCHING;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 0031257202     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.623263     Document Type: Article

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