High speed electro-optic polymer phase modulator using an in-plane slotline RF waveguide

Abstract

In this paper, we report on progress in the fabrication of a high speed optical phase modulator based on a nonlinear electro-optic (EO) polymer with an in-plane slotline radio frequency (RF) electrode structure. Compared to microstrip, a slotline RF electrode design has several potential advantages such as easy fabrication, high poling efficiency, low V π , and suppression of current drift. The guest-host nonlinear polymer system AJL49/APC was used in the device. Design, fabrication, and characterization are presented.

Printable thermo-optic polymer switches utilizing imprinting and ink-jet printing

“…Polymer photonics is an important branch in modern integrated optics. It is compatible with Si and GaAs fabrication technologies [1], and provides a good platform for integrating various active and passive devices, including polymer DBF lasers [2], optical bus waveguides [3], optical switches [4,5], optical modulators [6][7][8], etc. The most common method for polymer optical device fabrication includes using high energy reactive ion-beam (RIE) to define the pattern into a resist, and further transfer the pattern to the optical polymer via plasma etching.…”