Waveguide electro-optic modulators based on organic self-assembled superlattices (SAS)

Author

Zhifi Liu ; Ho, S.T. ; Chang, S.S. ; Marks, T.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

24-24 May 2002

Firstpage

196

Abstract

Summary from only given. A prototype symmetric waveguide EO modulator was proposed. We show the cross section of the waveguide structure of the EO modulator based on GaAs substrate. A 0.5 /spl mu/m gold layer (the lower electrode) was deposited on the GaAs substrate. The SAS layers were intrinsically accentric, and second harmonic generation (SHG) and EO effects have been demonstrated without external electric field poling process.

Keywords

electro-optical modulation; integrated optics; optical harmonic generation; optical waveguides; organic compounds; self-assembly; symmetry; 0.5 micron; Au; EO modulator; GaAs; GaAs substrate; cross section; electrode; gold layer; organic self-assembled superlattices; second harmonic generation; symmetric waveguide EO modulator; waveguide electro-optic modulators; waveguide structure; Electrodes; Electrooptic effects; Electrooptic modulators; Electrooptical waveguides; Frequency conversion; Gallium arsenide; Gold; Prototypes; Superlattices; Synthetic aperture sonar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-706-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2002.1033612

Filename

1033612