An Introduction to Electrooptic Devices

PrefaceChapter I Crystal Optics 1. Crystallography 1.1 Bravais Lattice 1.2 Symmetry Operations of Point Groups 2. Tensor Properties 2.1 Dielectric Description 2.2 Coordinate Transformation 2.3 Transformation of Higher-Rank Tensors 2.4 Reduction of the Dielectric Tensor by Crystal Symmetry 3. Light Propagation in Anisotropic Crystals 3.1 Normal Modes of Propagation 3.2 Wave Vector Surfaces 3.3 Optical Indicatrix 3.4 Birefringence 3.5 Wave Plates 3.6 Compensators 3.7 Group Velocity and Dispersion 3.8 Optical Activity References Chapter II Nonlinear Dielectric Effects 1. Introduction 2. Electrooptic Effects 2.1 Tensor Definition 2.2 Deformation of the Optical Indicatrix 2.3 Electrooptic Modulation and Deflection 3. Elastooptic Effects 3.1 Tensor Definition 3.2 Acoustooptical Devices 3.3 Piezoelectric and Electrostrictive Contributions to the Electrooptic Effect 4. Nonlinear Optical Effects 4.1 Definitions of Nonlinear Optical Coefficients 4.2 Dispersion and Classification of Nonlinear Coefficients 4.3 Relationship between Electrooptic and Raman Scattering Coefficients 4.4 Permutation Relations 4.5 Phenomenological Origin of Nonlinearity References Chapter III Reprints 1. Reviews 1.1 I.P. Kaminow and E.H. Turner, Electrooptic light modulators, Proc. IEEE 54, 1374-1390 (1966) and Appl. Opt. 5, 1612-1628 (1966) 1.2 F.S. Chen, Modulators for optical communications, Proc. IEEE 58, 1440-1457 (1970) 1.3 I.P. Kaminow and E.H. Turner, Linear electrooptical materials, in "Handbook of Lasers" (R. J. Pressley, ed.), pp. 447-459, Chemical Rubber Co., Cleveland, Ohio, 1971 2. Characterization and Measurement of the Electrooptic Effect 2.1 F. Pockels, Effects of the Electrical and Magnetic Fields, in "Lehrbuch der Kristalloptic," Part IV, ChapterIII, pp. 492-510, Teubner, Leipzig, 1906 2.2 B.H. Billings, The electro-optic effect in uniaxial crystals of the type XH2P04.1. Theoretical, J.. Opt. Soc. Amer. 39, 797-801 (1949) 2.3 R.0'B. Carpenter, The electro-optic effect in uniaxial crystals of the dihydrogen phosphate type. III. Measurement of coefficients, J. Opt. Soc. Amer. 40, 225-229 (1950) 2.4 S. Namba, Electro-optical effect of zincblende, J. Opt. Soc. Amer. 51, 76-79 (1961) 2.5 I.P. Kaminow, Microwave modulation of the electro-optic effect in KH2P04, Phys. Rev. Lett. 6, 528-530 ( 1961 ) 2.6 A.R. Johnston, The strain-free electro-optic effect in single-crystal barium titanate, Appl. Phys. Lett. 1, 195-198 (1965) 2.7 I.P. Kaminow, Barium titanate light phase modulator, Appl. Phys. Lett. 7, 123-125 (1965); erratum 8, 54 (1966) 2.8 I.P. Kaminow, Barium titanate light modulator. II, Appl. Phys. Lett. 8,305-307 (1966) 2.9 E.H. Turner, High-frequency electro-optic coefficients of lithium niobate, Appl. Phys. Lett. 8, 303-304 (1966) 2.10 R.D. Rosner and E.H. Turner, Electrooptic coefficients in calcium pyroniobate, Appl. Opt. 7, 171-173 ( 1968) 2.11 D.F. Nelson and E.H. Turner, Electro-optic and piezoelectric coefficients and refractive index of gallium phosphide, J. Appl. Phys. 39, 3337-3343 (1968) 2.12 I.P. Kaminow, Measurements of the electrooptic effect in CdS, ZnTe, and GaAs at 10.6 microns, IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-4, 23-26 (1968) 3. Lumped Electrooptic Modulators 3.1 R.T. Denton, F.S. Chen, and A.A. Ballman, Lithium tantalate light modulators, J. Appl. Phys. 38, 1611-1617 (1967) 3.2 I.P. Kaminow and W.M. Sharpless, Performance of LiTa03 and and LiNbO3 light modulators at 4 GHz, Appl. Opt. 6, 351-352 (1967) 3.3 W.H.