Method and apparatus of highly linear optical modulation

DeRose, Christopher; Watts, Michael R.

Title: Method and apparatus of highly linear optical modulation

Patent · Tue May 03 00:00:00 EDT 2016

OSTI ID:1250449

DeRose, Christopher; Watts, Michael R.

In a new optical intensity modulator, a nonlinear change in refractive index is used to balance the nonlinearities in the optical transfer function in a way that leads to highly linear optical intensity modulation.

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

Assignee:: Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)

Patent Number(s):: 9,329,413

Application Number:: 14/282,904

OSTI ID:: 1250449

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2014 May 20

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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