ISSN:
1077-3118
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Electro-optic polymer modulators operating at 1550 nm are demonstrated based on a nonlinear optical polymer of a phenyltetraene bridged chromophore in polycarbonate. It has a large electro-optic coefficient (r33=55 pm/V at 1550 nm), good thermal stability (90 °C), and low loss (1.7 dB/cm). A thin protective layer was used in the fabrication of ridge waveguides on the nonlinear polymer. We measured Vπ of 2.4 and 3.7 V at 1300 and 1550 nm, respectively. The chip loss of the modulator at both wavelengths was 5 dB, not including fiber coupling losses. © 2000 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.126695