Patent
1989-07-20
1991-05-14
Sikes, William L.
350 9614, G02B 610
Patent
active
050150529
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for modulation of optical signals at millimeter-wave frequencies comprises a thin elongate dielectric slab (1) of lithium niobate to partially confine and guide therein a polarized electrical signal (8) at millimeter-wave frequencies; a thinner optical waveguide (3) of lithium niobate with titanium diffused therein to substantially confine and guide therein an optical signal (9), having at least one elongate surface adjacent to an elongate surface of the dielectric slab (1); an optical grating (5) of arsenic trisulfide for directing a polarized optical signal (9) into the waveguide (3) to propagate in a lengthwise direction therein; an optical grating (7) of arsenic trisulfide for directing the optical signal (9) out of the waveguide (3) after it has traversed a predetermined distance therein; and a metallic waveguide (2) for directing an electrical signal (8) into the dielectric slab (1) in the same direction as that of the optical signal (9) in the waveguide (3), and at a center frequency such that it propagates at a phase velocity substantially matching the phase velocity of the optical signal (9).
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Ridgway Richard W.
Ruck George T.
Seiler Milton R.
Wood Van E.
Battelle (Memorial Institute)
Dunson Philip M.
Heartney Phan T.
Sikes William L.
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