Method and apparatus of highly linear optical modulation
| Patent Number: | 9,329,413 |
| Issued: | 5/3/2016 |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
| Filed: | 5/20/2014 |
| Application Number: | 14/282,904 |
| Government Interests: | STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |