Traveling wave electrooptic devices
US4553810A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 21, 1983 |
| Grant date | Nov 19, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 21, 2003 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02F1/0356
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Prior art techniques for velocity matching the optical wave and the modulating electrical wave in traveling wave, electrooptic devices includes the use of phase reversals and intermittent interaction. This results in a device whose frequency response includes a single peak. It has been discovered that by reducing the length of the interaction intervals between the electrical and optical systems, a multiplicity of harmonically related frequency peaks can be obtained. Furthermore, by combining the phase reversal and intermittent interaction techniques in a common device, the available bandwidth can be doubled.
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