Vapor deposited small molecules as an organic nonlinear optical cladding for silicon on insulator technology

Author

Biaggio, Ivan ; Scimeca, Michelle L. ; Esembeson, Bweh ; Michinobu, T. ; Diederich, F. ; Koos, C. ; Freude, W. ; Leuthold, J.

Author_Institution

Phys. Dept., Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We demonstrate a silicon-organic hybrid waveguide fabricated by vapor deposition of a small molecule with a large third-order nonlinearity on a silicon-on-oxide slotted waveguide. The resulting organic cladding has a high third-order susceptibility, high optical quality, and it homogenously fills the slot where the optical mode propagates.

Keywords

nonlinear optical susceptibility; optical fibre cladding; optical waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; vapour deposition; organic nonlinear optical cladding; silicon on insulator; silicon-on-oxide slotted waveguide; silicon-organic hybrid waveguide; small molecule; third-order susceptibility; vapor deposition; Assembly; Electromagnetic waveguides; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical films; Optical materials; Optical refraction; Optical waveguides; Silicon on insulator technology; (060.1155) All optical networks; (130.4815) Optical switching devices; (190.4710) Optical nonlinearities in organic materials;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5226077