Integrated optical E-field sensor based on balanced Mach-Zehnder interferometer

Optical Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Zeng, Rong ^a,b   Wang, Bo ^a,b   Yu, Zhanqing ^a,b   Niu, Ben ^a,b   Hua, Yong ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING OPTOELECTRONICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

directional coupler; E field sensor; electro optical effect; integrated optical E field sensor; optical bias

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; INTERFEROMETERS; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS;

BIAS CONTROL; E-FIELD; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FABRICATED DEVICE; FIELD APPLICATION; LINEAR TRANSFER FUNCTION; OPTICAL BIAS; Y-BRANCH;

TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

EID: 85009295485     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3651809     Document Type: Article

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