Conversion Efficiency, Spectral And Mode Purities Of A Single Sideband Electro-Optic Modulator

R. S. Eng; J. K. Parker; J. L. Bunis; J. G. Grimm; N. W. Harris; D. M. Wong

doi:10.1117/12.960223

18 February 1989 Conversion Efficiency, Spectral And Mode Purities Of A Single Sideband Electro-Optic Modulator

R. S. Eng, J. K. Parker, J. L. Bunis, J. G. Grimm, N. W. Harris, D. M. Wong

Proceedings Volume 0999, Laser Radar III; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.960223
Event: O-E/Fiber LASE '88, 1988, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

The measured single sideband conversion efficiency of a 10.6 μm bulk-type CdTe electro-optic modulator over the 14-18 GHz modulation frequency range is shown to be in close agreement with the coupled-mode and segmented modulator theories. The paper addresses the effects of the rotational orientations of segmented crystals and indirectly proves that a broadband multisection modulator is feasible; it further shows that a modulator with crystals in rotatable segmented circular waveguides is spectrally widely tunable. The effects of mechanical pressure and off-axis beam propagation on conver-sion, mode purity, and beam quality are also discussed.

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R. S. Eng, J. K. Parker, J. L. Bunis, J. G. Grimm, N. W. Harris, and D. M. Wong "Conversion Efficiency, Spectral And Mode Purities Of A Single Sideband Electro-Optic Modulator", Proc. SPIE 0999, Laser Radar III, (18 February 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.960223

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