Abstract
We report the fabrication of an integrated LiNbO<sub>3</sub> Y-junction synchronized double phase modulator fully
packaged for RF-application up to 40 GHz. This optical modulator allows for
delivering simultaneously counter-phase high-speed modulation and coupling
for two input channels. It was designed for application to fiber-optical parametric
amplifier and wavelength converters for suppressing idler spectral broadening
and signal gain distortion caused by phase modulation itself. With this component,
Idler spectral broadening suppression is experimentally demonstrated over
all the parametric gain band of a two-pump parametric amplifier operating
in the 1.55-µm region.
In addition, we present a useful technique for straightforward and full coupling
of the pumps and the signal.
© 2008 IEEE
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