Electro-optic polymer modulator based on guided-wave resonance

Yi Jiang; Zhuangqi Cao; Qishun Shen; Xiaoming Dou; Yingli Chen; Yukihiro Ozaki

doi:10.1117/12.402703

9 October 2000 Electro-optic polymer modulator based on guided-wave resonance

Yi Jiang, Zhuangqi Cao, Qishun Shen, Xiaoming Dou, Yingli Chen, Yukihiro Ozaki

Proceedings Volume 4225, Optical Interconnects for Telecommunication and Data Communications; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.402703
Event: Optics and Optoelectronic Inspection and Control: Techniques, Applications, and Instruments, 2000, Beijing, China

Abstract

A new type of electro-optic polymer modulator based on guided modes of the Attenuated Total Reflection (ATR) spectrum is described and fabricated. Using a prism to couple a laser beam into a poled polymer thin film, it is found in its ATR spectrum that the fall-offs of the absorbance peaks corresponding to the guided modes can be considered linear. The angular positions of these fall-offs are sensitive to the dielectric coefficient of the poled polymer. If the operating interior angle of the modulator is properly chosen at the midst of these fall-offs, the intensity of the reflected light can be directly modulated by the applied electric field due to the electric-field-induced dielectric coefficient change in the poled polymer film. Compared with the conventional Electro-optical (EO) modulator based on waveguide technology, the insertion loss of the device can be greatly reduced; Compared with the EO modulator based on surface plasmon resonance, the driven voltage can be lessen because that guided wave resonance is much sharper than the surface plasmon resonance.

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Yi Jiang, Zhuangqi Cao, Qishun Shen, Xiaoming Dou, Yingli Chen, and Yukihiro Ozaki "Electro-optic polymer modulator based on guided-wave resonance", Proc. SPIE 4225, Optical Interconnects for Telecommunication and Data Communications, (9 October 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.402703

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