High-performance electro-optic polymers and their applications in high-speed electro-optic switches and modulators

Yue Zhang; Alex K.Y. Jen; Tian-An Chen; Yue-Jin Liu; Xuan-Qi Zhang; John T. Kenney

doi:10.1117/12.264246

22 January 1997 High-performance electro-optic polymers and their applications in high-speed electro-optic switches and modulators

Yue Zhang, Alex K.Y. Jen, Tian-An Chen, Yue-Jin Liu, Xuan-Qi Zhang, John T. Kenney

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Proceedings Volume 3006, Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.264246
Event: Photonics West '97, 1997, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Recent progress in the development and application of highly active, highly thermally stable, and low optical loss electro-optic polymers is presented. Nonlinear optical chromophores with large molecular nonlinearities and high thermal and chemical stabilities are covalently attached to optical grade polyimides to form side-chain polymers with electro-optic coefficients as high as 45 pm/V and lifetime over 10⁶ hours at 100 degrees Celsius. Cladding polymers with matching optical, mechanical, and electrical properties have been formulated and processed. Using a novel trench- and-fill process, integrated high speed electro-optic switches and modulators have been fabricated and tested.

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Yue Zhang, Alex K.Y. Jen, Tian-An Chen, Yue-Jin Liu, Xuan-Qi Zhang, and John T. Kenney "High-performance electro-optic polymers and their applications in high-speed electro-optic switches and modulators", Proc. SPIE 3006, Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits, (22 January 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.264246

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