Light-activated ultrafast magneto-optical modulator

Chia-En Yang; Meng-Ku Chen; Jimmy Yao; Stuart S. Yin

doi:10.1117/12.794039

2 September 2008 Light-activated ultrafast magneto-optic modulator

Chia-En Yang, Meng-Ku Chen, Jimmy Yao, Stuart S. Yin

Proceedings Volume 7056, Photonic Fiber and Crystal Devices: Advances in Materials and Innovations in Device Applications II; 70560S (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.794039
Event: Photonic Devices + Applications, 2008, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

An ultrafast light-activated magneto-optical modulator is demonstrated in this paper. This modulator is capable of 1 ns modulation speed and has a 1 mm clear aperture. The design of the modulator incorporates a photoconductive switch and enables a synchronized and jitter-free operation, which eliminates the need of any electrical or optical delay lines. These features make the current design very attractive in typical free-space pulse laser applications. To the authors' knowledge, this is so far the fastest MO modulator with such aperture size that has been reported.

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Chia-En Yang, Meng-Ku Chen, Jimmy Yao, and Stuart S. Yin "Light-activated ultrafast magneto-optic modulator", Proc. SPIE 7056, Photonic Fiber and Crystal Devices: Advances in Materials and Innovations in Device Applications II, 70560S (2 September 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.794039

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