Fabrication and characterization of high-speed polyurethane-disperse red 19 integrated electrooptic modulators for analog system applications

Author

Shi, Yongqiang ; Wang, Wenshen ; Bechtel, James H. ; Chen, Antao ; Garner, Sean ; Kalluri, Srinath ; Steier, William H. ; Chen, Datong ; Fetterman, Harold R. ; Dalton, Larry R. ; Yu, Luping

Author_Institution

TACAN Corp., Carlsbad, CA, USA

Volume

2

Issue

2

fYear

1996

fDate

6/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

289

Lastpage

299

Abstract

The fabrication and characterization of polymeric electrooptic modulators, made of a thermally crosslinkable polyurethane with Disperse Red 19 side chains, are summarized in this paper. Straight channel and Mach-Zehnder modulators have been fabricated, packaged and tested for the fiber-optic analog transmission system applications. Device performances including halfwave voltage, insertion loss, on-off ratio, and modulation frequency responses were measured. Long-term halfwave voltage stability, dc-bias voltage stability, and optical power handling capability at 1.3-μm wavelength were investigated. A carrier-to-noise ratio of 53 dB and 80-channel television transmission have been demonstrated using the packaged polymer modulators

Keywords

electro-optical modulation; frequency response; integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical fabrication; optical noise; optical polymers; organic compounds; packaging; television networks; 1.3 mum; 80-channel television transmission; Disperse Red 19 side chains; Mach-Zehnder modulators; analog system applications; carrier-to-noise ratio; dc-bias voltage stability; electro optical modulator fabrication; fiber-optic analog transmission system applications; halfwave voltage; high-speed polyurethane-disperse red 19 integrated electrooptic modulators; insertion loss; long-term halfwave voltage stability; modulation frequency responses; on-off ratio; optical power handling capability; packaged polymer modulators; packaging; polymeric electrooptic modulators; thermally crosslinkable polyurethane; Electrooptic modulators; Fabrication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber testing; Packaging; Performance evaluation; Polymers; Stability; System testing; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2944.577380

Filename

577380