The electro-optic and second-harmonic coefficients of thin films of a new copolymer containing a dicyanovinyl-terminated azo dye side chain are determined.
Recent work on the generation of ultrashort electrical pulses by optical rectification of femtosecond optical pulses in electro- optic materials is summarized in this paper.
We present the first absolute measurements of the electric-field-induced refractive index change in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well waveguides.
We investigate the potential performance of polymer-based electro- optic modulators for high-speed systems at 40 Gb/s and beyond.
We consider the electro-optic effect in an unbalanced AlGaAs/GaAs Fabry-Perot resonator.
We report optical switching studies on nematic liquid crystal incorporated into structures based on self-assembled colloids.
We describe the use of electro-optic sampling to characterize the performance of a packaged high-speed GaAs planar integrated circuit.
We demonstrate a new electro-optic sampling system using a microstrip line on GaAs and employing a mode-locked InGaAsP injection laser.
The operating speeds of the fastest electronic devices and integrated circuits (ICs) have surpassed the capabilities of conventional electronic measurement instrumentation.
This article reviews the principles and applications of the electro-optic sampling system.
