An Integrated Photonic Electric-Field Sensor Utilizing a 1 × 2 YBB Mach-Zehnder Interferometric Modulator with a Titanium-Diffused Lithium Niobate Waveguide and a Dipole Patch Antenna
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theory, Fabrication, and Performance of a Ti: LiNbO3 YBB-MZI Modulator
2.1. Device Theory
2.2. Designs and Fabrication
2.3. Performance Evaluations
3. Measurement and Experimental Results
3.1. Experimental Setup
3.2. Test Results and Discussions
4. Conclusions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Jung, H. An Integrated Photonic Electric-Field Sensor Utilizing a 1 × 2 YBB Mach-Zehnder Interferometric Modulator with a Titanium-Diffused Lithium Niobate Waveguide and a Dipole Patch Antenna. Crystals 2019, 9, 459. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst9090459
Jung H. An Integrated Photonic Electric-Field Sensor Utilizing a 1 × 2 YBB Mach-Zehnder Interferometric Modulator with a Titanium-Diffused Lithium Niobate Waveguide and a Dipole Patch Antenna. Crystals. 2019; 9(9):459. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst9090459
Chicago/Turabian StyleJung, Hongsik. 2019. "An Integrated Photonic Electric-Field Sensor Utilizing a 1 × 2 YBB Mach-Zehnder Interferometric Modulator with a Titanium-Diffused Lithium Niobate Waveguide and a Dipole Patch Antenna" Crystals 9, no. 9: 459. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst9090459