NOVEL ELECTROOPTIC MODULATOR THAT CAN GENERATE TETRAHERTZ-WIDTH SIDE-BAND

Citation
Fz. Guo et al., NOVEL ELECTROOPTIC MODULATOR THAT CAN GENERATE TETRAHERTZ-WIDTH SIDE-BAND, Optical engineering, 35(9), 1996, pp. 2566-2569
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
ISSN journal
00913286
Volume
35
Issue
9
Year of publication
1996
Pages
2566 - 2569
Database
ISI
SICI code
0091-3286(1996)35:9<2566:NEMTCG>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
A new electro-optic modulator is designed and constructed. It is suita ble for maintaining modulation at a high frequency and can be used to generate ultra-wide-sideband signals to form ultrashort optical pulses . In experiments, phase modulation with a modulation index of 57 rad i s successfully obtained at 16.25 GHz, and thereby optical sidebands ex tending over widths as wide as 1.85 THz are attained. The sidebands pr oduced are broad enough to form subpicosecond pulses using the chirpin g-compression method. (C) 1996 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentatio n Engineers.