Title :
Revisiting thermal-actuated integrated optics devices based on organic-inorganic hybrids
Author :
Bastos, A.R.N. ; Vicente, C.M.S. ; Fu, L. ; Carlos, L.D. ; Lima, M. ; Andre, P.S. ; Ferreira, R.A.S.
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept. & CICECO Inst. of Mater., Univ. of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
Abstract :
In this work, the contribution of organic-inorganic hybrids (di-ureasils) as integrated optics substrates for thermo-optical actuated devices is revisited. The hybrids are UV self-patterned without the need of photoinitiators and have a large thermo-optic coefficient, enabling the fabrication of IO devices using direct-UV lased writing. Examples include thermal actuated Mach-Zehnder (MZ) interferometers and tunable waveguide polarization controllers with for the new generation of optical communications.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; integrated optics; laser materials processing; optical communication; optical waveguides; IO devices fabrication; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; di-ureasils; direct-UV laser writing; integrated optics substrates; optical communications; organic-inorganic hybrids; photoinitiators; thermal-actuated integrated optics devices; thermo-optic coefficient; thermo-optical actuated devices; tunable waveguide polarization controllers; Integrated optics; Interferometers; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; integrated optics; organic-inorganic hybrids; polarization control; sol-gel; thermo-optic effect;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2015 17th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Budapest
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2015.7193638
