Title :
Theory-guided nano-engineering of organic electro-optic materials for integration with silicon photonics, plasmonics, and metamaterial devices
Author_Institution :
Depts. of Chem. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Abstract :
This article discusses the theory-guided nano-engineering of organic electro-optic materials for integration with silicon photonics, plasmonics and metamaterial devices.
Keywords :
density functional theory; dielectric polarisation; electrical resistivity; elemental semiconductors; ellipsometry; nanophotonics; optical losses; optical metamaterials; organic compounds; permittivity; plasmonics; silicon; spectral line broadening; spectral line shift; thermal stability; Langevin behavior; Si; all-optical modulation; broad band dielectric relaxation spectroscopy; coarse-grained statistical mechanical computational methods; dendrimers; dendronized polymers; device dimensions; dielectric constants; electro-optic activity; electrode resistivity; horizontal slot silicon waveguide structures; intrinsic frictional analysis; laser-assisted electric field poling; lattice hardening protocols; light confinement; matrix-assisted poling macromolecular materials; metamaterial devices; molecular hyperpolarizability; optical loss; organic chromophore-composite materials; organic electro-optic materials; photochemical stability; plasmonics; poling voltages; polymers; shear modulation force microscopy; silicon photonics; spatially-anisotropic intermolecular interactions; spectral line broadening; spectral line shifts; telecommunication wavelengths; theory-guided nano-engineering; thermal stability; time-dependent density functional theory; variable angle polarization referenced absorption spectroscopy; variable angle spectroscopic ellipsometry; vertical slot silicon waveguide structures; Electrooptic effects; Electrooptic modulators; Electrooptical waveguides; Optical materials; Plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA