Characterization and control of the electro-optic phase dispersion in lithium niobate modulators for wide spectral band interferometry applications in the mid-infrared - Archive ouverte HAL
Article Dans Une Revue Applied optics Année : 2017

Characterization and control of the electro-optic phase dispersion in lithium niobate modulators for wide spectral band interferometry applications in the mid-infrared

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Mid-infrared wideband modulation (3.2–3.7 μm) is achieved in an electro-optic Y-junction using lithium niobate waveguides in TE polarized light. Comparison between external (scanning mirror) and internal (electro-optical) modulation allows studying the chromatic polynomial dependence of the relative phase. Internal modulation consists on a V AC ramp up to 370 V at 0.25 Hz, applied over 14 mm long electrodes with 14 μm separation. The overall V πLπ obtained is 17.5 V·cm, meaning that using a 300 V generator we can actively scan and track the whole L-band (3.4–4.1 μm) wideband fringes. We observe a dramatic reduction of the coherence length under electro-optic modulation, which is attributed to a strong nonlinear dependence of the electro-optic effect on the wavelength upon application of such high voltages. We study the effect of applying a V DC offset, from −50 V to 200 V (50 V step). We characterize this dispersion and propose an improved dispersion model that is used to show active dispersion compensation in wideband fringe modulation in the mid-infrared. This can be useful for long baseline interferometry or pulse compression applications when light propagates along fibers, in order to compensate for chromatic effects that induce differential dispersion or pulse spreading, respectively.
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hal-02134471 , version 1 (20-05-2019)

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Samuel Heidmann, Gwenn Ulliac, Nadège Courjal, Guillermo Martin. Characterization and control of the electro-optic phase dispersion in lithium niobate modulators for wide spectral band interferometry applications in the mid-infrared. Applied optics, 2017, 56 (14), pp.4153-4157. ⟨10.1364/AO.56.004153⟩. ⟨hal-02134471⟩
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