Efficient optical waveguide switch/amplitude modulator

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Feb 1978 English Publisher:Optica Publishing GroupJournal:Optics Letters, volume 2, page 45 (issn: 0146-9592, eissn: 1539-4794,

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Authors: R V, Schmidt; P S, Cross;

doi: 10.1364/ol.2.000045

pmid: 19680401

Efficient optical waveguide switch/amplitude modulator

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An electro-optical, directional coupler switch is demonstrated that requires only a 3-V drive. Used as an amplitude modulator, the device operates at data rates in excess of 100 Mbit/sec (return-to-zero format) and has an extinction ratio of 13 dB and a 1-mW/Mbit/sec figure of merit.

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