• DocumentCode
    2249388
  • Title

    Electro-optic polymer waveguide modulators with refractive index tapers leading to low coupling loss and a high confinement factor

  • Author

    DeRose, Christopher T. ; Mathine, D. ; Enami, Y. ; Norwood, R.A. ; Luo, J.D. ; Jen, A.K.-Y. ; Peyghambarian, N.

  • Author_Institution
    Coll. of Opt. Sci., Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A new design of a hybrid electro-optic polymer waveguide modulator is demonstrated that uses grayscale lithography to create refractive index tapers by photobleaching. It leads to a device with a half-wave voltage of 1.9 V, modulation efficiency of 15 dB and a fiber to lens insertion loss of 11.6 dB using 20 wt. % AJLS102.
  • Keywords
    electro-optical modulation; optical fibre losses; optical polymers; optical saturable absorption; refractive index; confinement factor; coupling loss; electrooptic modulators; fiber-to-lens insertion loss; grayscale lithography; hybrid electrooptic polymer; photobleaching; polymer waveguide modulators; refractive index tapers; Electrooptic modulators; Gray-scale; Insertion loss; Lenses; Lithography; Optical fiber devices; Photobleaching; Polymers; Refractive index; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-859-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4572015
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2249388