Buying Phase Modulators
Optical modulators can modulate the phase of a light beam. Electro-optic modulators are commonly used for this purpose, enabling precise control of the optical phase.
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- Encyclopedia article: phase modulators
- Related articles: optical modulators, electro-optic modulators
Aspects to Consider Before Buying
Some aspects to consider before buying phase modulators: modulation range, modulation bandwidth, insertion loss, wavelength range, thermal stability, damage threshold, open aperture, angular tolerance, polarization requirements, mounting options, packaging quality, requirements on electronic driver, environmental resilience.
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Find Suppliers for Phase Modulators
17 suppliers for phase modulators are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide, out of which 3 present their product descriptions. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.
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Exail (formerly iXblue) 34, Rue de la Croix de Fer 78100 Saint Germain-en-Laye France See us at SPIE Photonics West 2025 in San Francisco, January 25–30 (booth 5039)! |
Designed using state-of-the-art and proven lithium niobate technology, the MPZ-LN phase modulators are easy to operate and to integrate. Available at both 1550 nm and 1310 nm, with low insertion loss and high polarization extinction ratio, either AC and DC coupled for RAM and pyroelectrical effects control, these modulators offer the optimum for industrial Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) systems. Exail near-infrared phase modulators NIR-MPX are a modulator family ranging from DC-coupled low-frequency modulators to wide bandwidths up to 30 GHz, requiring very low driving voltages and offering incomparable 300 mW optical powers handling capabilities. These products benefit from the technological mastery of the "Annealed Proton Exchange" (APE) waveguide manufacturing process. These modulators find a lot of interest in the laser application, such as Pound–Drever–Hall cavity locking as well as Spectral Beam Combining (SBC) and directed and high energy material processing lasers. The optical spectral broadening ModBox-OSB can broaden an optical signal by modulating its phase with a very efficient LiNbO3 phase modulator. A number of sidebands are created over a spectral width that can reach several hundred GHz. The ModBox-OSB contains a single tone RF generator, a white noise source or a PRBS source. It well integrates into laser chains such as High Energy Lasers (HEL) lasers or Spectral Beam Combining lasers architectures (SBC). |
Lasers, Optics, Electronics. Made in Germany. ALPHALAS GmbHBertha-von-Suttner-Str. 5 37085 Göttingen Germany |
Using KTP, RTP and LiNbO3 crystals, ALPHALAS offers phase modulators for various applications like active mode locking, side-frequency generation and laser resonator cavity control. In addition to the standard products designed for 1064 nm, other customer-specific wavelengths can be offered as well. |
Hamamatsu Photonics Europe Arzbergerstr. 10 82211 Herrsching Germany See us at SPIE Photonics West 2025 in San Francisco, January 25–30 (booth 1127)! |
Hamamatsu Photonics LCOS-SLMs are reflective spatial light phase modulators that freely modulate optical phases and optical phase of laser is modulated by the liquid crystal. Wavefront control of the light can be applied to optical beam photolithography, aberration correction. |
Other Suppliers | |
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AdvR Applied Photonics United States | |
Beijing Rofea Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. China | |
Conoptics United States | |
Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications Germany | |
HC Optical Science and Tech China | |
Jenoptik Optical Systems GmbH Germany | |
Nano-Giga France | |
nortus Optronic GmbH Germany | |
Oelabs Inc. China | |
Phaseform GmbH Germany | |
Photonics Technologies United Kingdom | |
Polytec GmbH Germany | |
Qubig GmbH Germany | |
SCRICO, Inc. United States |