Polymeric waveguide electro-optic beam-steering device with DNA biopolymer conductive cladding layers

Roberto S. Aga Jr.; Fahima Ouchen; Alyssa Lesko; Brian A. Telek; Emily M. Fehrman-Cory; Carrie M. Bartsch; Jack P. Lombardi III; James G. Grote; Emily M. Heckman

doi:10.1117/1.OE.51.11.114602

1 November 2012 Polymeric waveguide electro-optic beam-steering device with DNA biopolymer conductive cladding layers

Roberto S. Aga Jr., Fahima Ouchen, Alyssa Lesko, Brian A. Telek, Emily M. Fehrman-Cory, Carrie M. Bartsch, Jack P. Lombardi III, James G. Grote, Emily M. Heckman

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 51, Issue 11, 114602 (November 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.51.11.114602

Abstract

A polymer electro-optic (EO) waveguide beam-steering device with deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) biopolymer conductive cladding layers and a core layer of the commercially available EO polymer SEO100 is demonstrated with 100% relative poling efficiency. This demonstration device exhibits a deflection efficiency of 99 mrad/kV with a corresponding in-device EO coefficient r33 of 124 pm/V at 1550 nm. When the DNA biopolymer bottom cladding layer is replaced by the commonly used cladding polymer UV15, the deflection efficiency and in-device r33 drop to 34 mrad/kV and 43 pm/V, respectively.

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Roberto S. Aga Jr., Fahima Ouchen, Alyssa Lesko, Brian A. Telek, Emily M. Fehrman-Cory, Carrie M. Bartsch, Jack P. Lombardi III, James G. Grote, and Emily M. Heckman "Polymeric waveguide electro-optic beam-steering device with DNA biopolymer conductive cladding layers," Optical Engineering 51(11), 114602 (1 November 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.51.11.114602

Published: 1 November 2012

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