Thermally stable highly efficient electro-optic polymer modulator

Author

Liang, J. ; Levenson, R. ; Chemla, Y. ; Zyss, J.

Author_Institution

Dept. d´´Electron. Quantique et Moleculaire, CNET, Bagneux, France

fYear

1994

fDate

7-9 Sep 1994

Firstpage

979

Lastpage

984

Abstract

Design and fabrication of low-loss nonlinear polymer waveguides with attenuation smaller than 2 dB/cm are reported. Electro-optic devices based on this polymer such as phase modulators and Mach-Zehnder interferometers, have been fabricated and demonstrated. The best figures obtained so far at 1.32 μm are V_π=10 V for the phase modulator inserted between crossed polarizers and V_π=9 V for the Mach-Zehnder modulator working in TM polarization. The electro-optic polymer is stable at 85°C for more than 2000 hours

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; electro-optical modulation; nonlinear optics; optical losses; optical polymers; optical waveguides; phase modulation; 1.32 mum; 10 V; 2000 h; 85 C; 9 V; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; Mach-Zehnder modulator; TM polarization; attenuation; crossed polarizers; design; electro-optic devices; electro-optic polymer; fabrication; low-loss nonlinear polymer waveguides; phase modulators; thermally stable highly efficient electro-optic polymer modulator; Electrodes; Electrooptic modulators; Electrooptical waveguides; Etching; Gold; III-V semiconductor materials; Lithography; Optical device fabrication; Phase modulation; Polymers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrets, 1994. (ISE 8), 8th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Paris

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1940-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISE.1994.515258

Filename

515258