Broadband Optical Modulators. Science, Techonology, and Applications

Description

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in optical modulator science and technology. It covers fundamental topics such as the electro-optic effect in nonlinear optic crystals and semiconductors. It addresses the optical and electro-optic properties of relevant materials, including traditional single crystalline lithium niobate, silicon, and III-V compound semiconductors, as well as emerging materials such as electrooptic polymers and organic nonlinear optic crystals. For each type of modulator, the author discusses the factors important to modulator performance, typical modulator design, and fabrication.

Features

• Presents fundamentals, design, fabrication, practical issues, and technology trends related to high-speed optical modulators
• Covers optical modulators in fiber optic telecommunication systems, which continue to rely on modulators to help deliver faster and faster transmission systems
• Addresses the various available modulation technologies available, discussing the strengths and weaknesses of each technology
• Includes background and broad introduction to modulation formats commonly used in broadband fiber optic communications
• Describes practical issues and proposes solutions to problems in modulator operation

Reviews

This book … provides the full exciting story of optical modulators. It is a comprehensive review from the fundamental science, … material and processing technology to optimized device design [and] the multitude of applications … .The book should prove valuable to a broad spectrum of readers, including graduate students, new entrants to the field and systems researchers and engineers who want either an overview or in-depth understanding of this exciting and highly enabling field.
—From the Foreword by Rodney C. Alferness, Bell Laboratories, Alcatel-Lucent USA

Table of Contents

• Part I. Fundamentals
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Overview of Optical Modulators

• Part II. Lithium Niobate Electrooptic Modulators
• Chapter 3. Lithium Niobate Modulators
• Chapter 4. Lithium Niobate Polarization Controller/Modulator

• Part III. Semiconductor-Based Modulators
• Chapter 5. Electrooptic Modulators using III-V Materials
• Chapter 6. Electroabsorption Modulators

• Part IV. Emerging New Technologies
• Chapter 7. Electrooptic Polymer Modulators
• Chapter 8. Organic Electrooptic Crystal Modulators
• Chapter 9. High-Speed Silicon Modulators

• Part V. Practical Issues in Modulator Operation
• Chapter 10. Modulator Drift and Bias Stabilization Techniques

• Part VI. Applications Beyond Telecom
• Chapter 11. Fiber Optic Analog RF Links
• Chapter 12. Other applications

Author

Antao Chen, Ph.D., is a Senior Staff Scientist of Applied Physics Laboratory and an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Washington.