Title :
Cryogenic optical characterization of nonlinear polymers
Author :
Park, D. ; Yun, V. ; Zhou, X. ; Luo, J. ; Jen, A.K.-Y. ; Herman, W.N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Abstract :
We report a second-order electro-optic coefficient r33 of 155±5 pm/V at a telecommunication wavelength of 1550 nm from nonlinear poled polymer thin films at a cryogenic temperature of ∼4.2 Kelvin using a reflection ellipsometry technique.
Keywords :
Cryogenics; Electrooptic modulators; Kelvin; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical polymers; Optical reflection; Optical resonators; Polymer films; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
