Silicon-based integrated interferometer with phase modulation driven by surface acoustic waves.

@article{Gorecki1997SiliconbasedII,
  title={Silicon-based integrated interferometer with phase modulation driven by surface acoustic waves.},
  author={Christophe Gorecki and Franck Chollet and Eric Bonnotte and Hideki Kawakatsu},
  journal={Optics letters},
  year={1997},
  volume={22 23},
  pages={
          1784-6
        }
}
As a novel application of silicon-based integrated optics, results from a proposed compact Mach-Zehnder interferometer are presented. The deposition of a ZnO thin-film transducer upon the reference arm of the interferometer transforms this optically passive device into a device with active sinusoidal phase modulation. 
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