Glass electro-optic polymer structure for light modulation and switching
- 12 January 1998
- proceedings article
- Published by SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
- Vol. 3278, 63-72
- https://doi.org/10.1117/12.298223
Abstract
A novel hybrid structure for optical modulation and switching is presented. It consists of a thin film of electro-optic polymer spin-coated on passive waveguide made by ion exchange on glass substrate. Two structures corresponding to weak guiding and strong guiding conditions are considered. Design issues and modulation performances are studied for the two structures. Low half-wave voltages less than 10 volts are expected for an interaction length of 1 cm provided the electro-optic coefficient of the nonlinear polymer is 10 pm/V.© (1998) COPYRIGHT SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.Keywords
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