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Keiji YOSHIDA Akihiko NOMURA Yutaka KANDA
Microwave characteristics of a LiNbO3 optical modulator using a superconductor (Pb-In-Au) as a resonant electrode has been studied experimentally at low temperatures down to 4.2 K. It is shown that at the resonance frequency of 14.8 GHz the obtained modulation depth takes a maximum value as expected from theory when the electrode becomes superconducting. The present results demonstrate the possible applications of superconducting electrodes to high performance LiNbO3 optical modulators.
Keiji YOSHIDA Noriaki HORIGUCHI Yutaka KANDA
Microwave characteristics of a LiNbO3 optical modulator employing superconductor electrodes (Pb-In-Au) as a transmission line of a traveling signal has been studied experimentally in the temperature range from 300 K to 4.2 K. At frequencies between 8 GHz and 12 GHz it is shown that the obtained modulation efficiency increases as expected from theory when the superconductor undergoes the transition from a normal state to a superconducting state. The present results dumonstrate the possible applications of superconducting electrodes to high performance LiNbO3 optical modulators.
Keiji YOSHIDA Katsuhiko IKEDA Yutaka KANDA
Low temperature experiments have been made to demonstrate the operation of LiNbO3 optical modulator with superconducting electrodes. The operation of the modulator for applied dc signals as well as microwave signals in the frequency range between 8 GHz and 12 GHz has been observed at temparatures as low as 4.2 K. The present results indicate a possibility of realizing high performance LiNbO3 optical modulators employing superconducting electrodes.
Kiichi YOSHIARA Fusaoki UCHIKAWA Takashi MIZUOCHI Tadayoshi KITAYAMA Katsuhiro IMADA Iwao KAWAMATA Shigeru MATSUNO Shin UTSUNOMIYA
The characteristics of a LiNbO3 light modulafor using the resonant YBa2Cu3Oy superconducting electrode were studied on the basis of the calculated results of surface resistances and transmission losses. The two-fluid model and the conventional transmission theory were used for the calculations. It was found that the modulation depth of this modulator using the YBCO electrode at 77 K was 7.5 times that using the Al electrode at room temperature. The drive voltage for the phase modulation of π radians was estimated to be a very low value of 2.3 V.
Kiichi YOSHIARA Fusaoki UCHIKAWA Takashi MIZUOCHI Tadayoshi KITAYAMA Katsuhiro IMADA Iwao KAWAMATA Shigeru MATSUNO Shin UTSUNOMIYA
The characteristics of a LiNbO3 light modulator using the resonant YBa2Cu3Oy superconducting electrode were studied on the basis of the calculated results of surface resistances and transmission losses. The two-fluid model and the conventional transmission theory were used for the calculations. It was found that the modulation depth of this modulator using the YBCO electrode at 77 K was 7.5 times that using the Al electrode at room temperature. The drive voltage for the phase modulation of π radians was estimated to be a very low value of 2.3 V.