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Design and Fabrication of a Fabry-Perot Electrooptic ModulatorThe research to design a Fabry-Perot electrooptic modulator with an intracavity electrooptically active organic material is based on the initial results of Wang et. al. [1] using poled polymer thin films. The main feature of the proposed device is the observation that in traditional electrooptic modulators like a Pockels cell, it requires few kilovolts of driving voltage to cause a 3 dB modulation even in high figure-of-merit electrooptic. materials like LiNbO3. The driving voltage for the modulator can be reduced to as low as 10 volts by introducing the electrooptic material inside the resonant cavity of a Fabry-Perot modulator. This is because the transmission of the Fabry-Perot cavity varies nonlinearly with the change of refractive index or phase of light due to applied electric field. We describe in this report the progress made so far in the design and fabrication of the proposed device.
Document ID
20020019799
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Banks, C.
(Alabama A & M Univ. Normal, AL United States)
Yelleswarapu, C.
(Alabama A & M Univ. Normal, AL United States)
Sharma, A.
(Alabama A & M Univ. Normal, AL United States)
Frazier, D.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Penn, B.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Abdeldayem, H.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Geveden, Rex D.
Date Acquired
August 20, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2001
Subject Category
Instrumentation And Photography
Meeting Information
Meeting: Alliance for NonLinear Optics Conference
Location: El Paso, TX
Country: United States
Start Date: November 2, 2001
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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