An anomalous photovoltaic film formed by simultaneous
oblique sputter deposition of CdTe and CdS was
integrated on a LiNbO3 optical waveguide
modulator which works as a Mach-Zehnder interferometric
modulator (MZM). Light irradiation with a low
power (1 mW) and a low cost laser source with
a wavelength of 830 nm induced the photovoltage
around 5V which is as high as the half-wave voltage
of the MZM. This photovoltage was used to control
the signal light in the waveguide. Since the addition
of the photoconductive CdS decreased the film
resistance, the rise time of the photovoltage
became much shorter than that of the conventional
anomalous photovoltaic film formed by the oblique
deposition of CdTe. An auto-stabilizing system
was constructed, which compensates the drift of
the optical working point of the MZM by negatively
feeding back the drift value as the light intensity
irradiated on the film. This all optical feed-back
control system successfully attained the auto-stabilization
of the modulator. This system enables a light
modulation of a high signal noise ratio, since
it does not use the electric wire causing an electromagnetic
noise to transmit the feedback voltage. When the
system is used to stabilize a system for measuring
an electromagnetic field, it enables the high
accurate measurement without disturbing the electromagnetic
field to be measured.