Highly sensitive electro-optic probe incorporating an ultra-high Q-factor LiNbO3 etalon
A highly sensitive electro-optic (EO) probe has been proposed and realized by tethering an ultra-high-quality (Q)-factor LiNbO3 etalon to a single-mode fiber operating at around a 1550-nm wavelength. For the adopted EO etalon, the electric-field-induced refractive index modification is deemed to shi...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Applied optics. Optical technology and biomedical optics 2018-10, Vol.57 (28), p.8343-8349 |
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Zusammenfassung: | A highly sensitive electro-optic (EO) probe has been proposed and realized by tethering an ultra-high-quality (Q)-factor LiNbO3 etalon to a single-mode fiber operating at around a 1550-nm wavelength. For the adopted EO etalon, the electric-field-induced refractive index modification is deemed to shift its own spectral response. An electrical modulation signal is anticipated to be produced when a probe light beam with a fixed bias wavelength impinges upon the EO etalon. The EO etalon is particularly required to exhibit a remarkably steep spectral response and thus facilitate modulation efficiency. In aiming to scrutinize the performance in terms of sensitivity, two EO probes involving profoundly different Q-factors were prepared and applied to detect the electric field emitted from a microstrip device. It was confirmed that the sensitivity could be efficiently enhanced by as much as 28 dB by boosting the Q-factor 18 times when a probe light beam operating at =∼1550 nm was properly collimated and polarized. Accordingly, the minimum detectable signal was successfully diminished. |
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ISSN: | 1539-4522 |
DOI: | 10.1364/AO.57.008343 |