Waveguide Studies for Fiber Optics and Optical Signal Processing Applications.

Abstract

This report describes investigations of waveguide components for use in multimode fiber optics and in optical signal processing. Measurements of beam expansion and polarization properties of distributed Bragg deflectors are described. Measurements of the characteristics of DBR lasers are detailed, with emphasis on those properties which are relevant to their use as sources to couple to the waveguide beam expander. Studies of the mechanisms for loss in LiNbO3 waveguides are described and techniques to reduce the waveguide loss in LiNbO3 modulators are outlined. Finally, preliminary experiments on electro-thermal diffusion in LiNbO3 are described. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA086115

Entities

People

  • Elsa Garmire

Organizations

  • University of Southern California

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Distributed Bragg Reflectors
  • Geometry
  • Laser Beams
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Photonic Metamaterials
  • Piezoceramics
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Refractive Index
  • Scattering
  • Standing Waves
  • Surface Roughness
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy