UV Curable Electro-Optic Polymer Switch Based on Direct Photodefinition Technique

被引：23
作者：
Chen, Changming [1 ]
Zhang, Feng [1 ]
Wang, Hui [1 ]
Sun, Xiaoqiang [1 ]
Wang, Fei [1 ]
Cui, Zhanchen [2 ]
Zhang, Daming [1 ]
机构：
[1] Jilin Univ, State Key Lab Integrated Optoelect, Coll Elect Sci & Engn, Changchun 130012, Peoples R China
[2] Jilin Univ, Coll Chem, Key Lab Supramol Struct & Mat, Changchun 130012, Peoples R China
来源：
IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS | 2011年 / 47卷 / 07期
基金：
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词：
Direct photodefinition; electro-optic polymer switch; single-mode DR1/SU-8 waveguide; UV curable technique; ORGANIC HYBRID FILMS; MODULATOR; DESIGN;
D O I：
10.1109/JQE.2011.2145412
中图分类号：
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号：
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要：
In this paper, a new type of single-mode embedded dye-doped electro-optic (EO) polymeric waveguide switch based on cross-linkable negative photoresist was successfully designed and fabricated using direct photodefinition technique. The optical properties of the UV cross-linkable poled polymer were characterized. By optimizing the poling temperature and the dopant levels of Disperse Red 1, the DR1/SU-8 material showed excellent photostability and exhibited an EO coefficient, gamma(33), of 25 pm/V. The characteristic parameters of both the waveguide and the electrode were carefully designed and simulated by MATLAB program. The Mach-Zehnder interferometer switch on-off time obtained was about 6 mu s. The new fabrication technique is a simple, rapid, and controllable process. The easy-to-fabricate waveguide structure is suitable for planar active lightwave circuit applications. The dye-doped polymer photosensitive waveguide devices will be very useful in realizing EO modulators and switches.
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页码：959 / 964
页数：6
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