A variety of integrated optic Bragg modulator modules that incoorporate an array of channel waveguides, a linear microlens array, an array of acoustooptic or electrooptic diffraction gratings, and an integrating lens in LiNb03 single-mode Channel-Planar composite waveguides with a substrate size of 0.2 x 1.0 x 1.8 cm3 have been realized. These integrated optic device modules were utilized successfully to perform a variety of experiments in computing, RF signal processing, and communications. These device modules together with various other device architectures should serve to facilitate the very large channel capacity that is inherent with the diode laser, the optical fiber, and the photodetector arrays for future multichannel optical computing as well as RF signal processing and communication systems.
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