Alignment-free fabrication of a hybrid electro-optic polymer/ion-exchange glass coplanar modulator

被引：11
作者：
Araci, Ismail Emre [1 ]
Himmelhuber, Roland [1 ]
DeRose, Chris T. [1 ]
Luo, J. D.
Jen, A. K. -Y. [2 ]
Norwood, R. A. [1 ,2 ]
Peyghambarian, N. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Coll Opt Sci, Tucson, AZ 85704 USA
[2] Univ Washington, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
来源：
OPTICS EXPRESS | 2010年 / 18卷 / 20期
基金：
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词：
WAVE-GUIDES; SINGLE-MODE; ION-EXCHANGE; DOPED GLASS; LASER; TEMPERATURE;
D O I：
10.1364/OE.18.021038
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
A hybrid electro-optic (EO) polymer phase modulator with a 6 mu m coplanar electrode gap was realized on ion exchange glass substrates. The critical alignment steps which may be required for hybrid optoelectronic devices were eliminated with a simple alignment-free fabrication technique. The low loss adiabatic transition from glass to EO polymer waveguide was enabled by gray scale patterning of novel EO polymer, AJLY. Total insertion loss of 5 dB and electrode gap of 8 mu m was obtained for an optimized device design. EO polymer poling at 135 degrees C and 75 V/mu m was demonstrated for the first time on a phosphate glass substrate and was enabled by the sol-gel buffer layer. (C) 2010 Optical Society of America
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页码：21038 / 21046
页数：9
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