Enhanced thermal stability of electrooptic polymer Modulators using the diels-alder crosslinkable polymer

Author

Kuo, Y.-H. ; Luo, Jingdong ; Steier, W.H. ; Jen, Alex K-Y.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

18

Issue

1

fYear

2006

Firstpage

175

Lastpage

177

Abstract

A thermally stable modulator using a novel Diels-Alder crosslinkable electrooptic (EO) polymer was fabricated. This new material system presents a smartly controlled process to overcome the EO coefficient-thermal stability tradeoff of conventional thermosetting EO polymers and obtains poling efficiency and thermal stability simultaneously. The modulator showed long-term stability at 85°C, which shows potential for industrial applications.

Keywords

electro-optical modulation; optical polymers; thermal stability; 85 degC; Diels-Alder crosslinkable polymer; electrooptic coefficient-thermal stability tradeoff; electrooptic polymer modulators; industrial applications; long-term stability; poling efficiency; thermal stability; thermosetting electrooptic polymers; Control systems; Dielectric materials; Electrooptic devices; Electrooptic modulators; Lattices; Polymers; Process control; Spine; Temperature; Thermal stability; Electrooptic (EO) modulator; electrooptic polymer; polymeric devices; thermal stability;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2005.861632

Filename

1561323