New electrooptic polymer devices for microwave-photonic interactions

Author

Fetterman, H.R. ; Geary, K. ; Kim, S.-K. ; Poberezhskiy, I.Y. ; Bortnik, B.J. ; Yuan, W. ; Han, J. ; Seo, B.J. ; Azfar, T. ; Chang, D.H. ; Hung, Y.C. ; Zhang, C. ; Steier, W.H.

Author_Institution

California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

20-23 Sept. 2003

Firstpage

437

Abstract

Novel devices have been demonstrated using electrooptic polymers for microwave-photonic interactions. These include MMIs (multimode interference based switches), directional couplers, poling-induced and photobleached waveguides, and passive-to-active waveguide adiabatic transitions. Applications in millimeter wave phase control, high-speed switching, linearized modulation, and optical frequency conversion are presented.

Keywords

dielectric polarisation; electro-optical devices; high-speed optical techniques; microwave photonics; optical directional couplers; optical frequency conversion; optical modulation; optical polymers; optical saturable absorption; waveguide transitions; MMI; directional couplers; electro-optic polymer devices; high-speed switching; linearized modulation; microwave-photonic interactions; millimeter wave phase control; modulator linearization; multimode interference based switch; optical frequency conversion; optical switching; passive-to-active waveguide adiabatic transitions; photobleached waveguides; poling-induced waveguides; Directional couplers; Electrooptic devices; Interference; Microwave devices; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Phase control; Photobleaching; Polymers; Waveguide transitions;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 2003. IMOC 2003. Proceedings of the 2003 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7824-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMOC.2003.1244900

Filename

1244900