Abstract
We recently prepared a small-size, low-power and stationary Fourier Transform spectrometer (FTS) using an electro-optic (EO) modulator that is a LiNbO3 waveguide Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) with push-pull electrodes [1-3]. Because of the intrinsic linear relationship between the modulating voltage and the optical path length difference (OPD) of the MZI, its interferogram as a plot of intensity against voltage was measured without any care for the voltage scanning to be linear or nonlinear. The FT processing of the interferogram results in a power distribution function with the half-wave voltage of the modulator, which is then transformed into the desired power spectrum by using the wavelength dependence of the half-wave voltage predetermined with the modulator. Such an EO-modulator based FTS operates in the wavelength range of 1100 nm to 1700 nm in which the single-mode condition is satisfied for the MZI. The FTS enables to accurately determine the laser wavelength and to measure absorption spectra of substances [2]. However, the FTS cannot provide subtle information on the analyte molecules due to its low resolution. Even in the case of using the endface reflection structure to increase the OPD of the MZI by two times, the spectrum resolution of the FTS is still insufficient [4].
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