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Characterization of SiN Integrated Optical Phased Arrays on a Wafer-Scale Test Station
Published on: April 1, 2020
Dependence of integrated acousto-optical devices with one and two modulated arms on the static phase difference
Abstract:
In this paper, we develop an analytical model of an integrated acousto-optical (AO) device with arms modulated by a single surface acoustic wave beam. A comparison between one-arm and two-arm modulation is presented, which shows that two-arm modulation can significantly enhance modulation efficiency by an optimized design. A detailed analysis of the influence of static phase difference on the behavior of the AO devices has been provided, and some interesting results have been obtained. These will be helpful for an optimized design of AO devices for different functionalities.
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