Recent Developtents In Optically Nonlinear Polymers And Related Electro-Optic Devices

G. R. Mohlmann; W. H. G. Horsthuis; C. P. J. M. van der Vorst; A. Mc. Donach; M. Copeland; C. Duchet; P. Fabre; M. B. J. Diemeer; E. S. Trommel; F M. M. Suyten; P. Van Daele; E. Van Tomme; R. Baets

doi:10.1117/12.962128

15 January 1990 Recent Developtents In Optically Nonlinear Polymers And Related Electro-Optic Devices

G. R. Mohlmann, W. H. G. Horsthuis, C. P. J. M. van der Vorst, A. Mc. Donach, M. Copeland, C. Duchet, P. Fabre, M. B. J. Diemeer, E. S. Trommel, F M. M. Suyten, P. Van Daele, E. Van Tomme, R. Baets

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Proceedings Volume 1147, Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic Materials II; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.962128
Event: 33rd Annual Technical Symposium, 1989, San Diego, United States

Abstract

Side chain polymers, containing hyperpolarizable moieties as pendant groups, have been applied as optically nonlinear materials. Electro-optic properties have been induced via electric field poling of nultilayer structures incorporating the nonlinear polymers. For a poling field strength of 156 Wpm, the obtained i r₃₃ coefficient was equal to 28 pn/V at the wavelength of 1.3 pm, which is close to r₃₃ = 32 of the inorganic single crystal lithium niobate. Low loss mcnomode charnel waveguides (< 1 dB/cm @ 1.3 μm wavelength) have been realized in the optically nonlinear polymer nultilayers. Tunable Fabry-Perot etalons, monamode phase and intensity modulators and monomode Mach-Zehnder interferameters, have been made and tested; their performances will be discussed. Owing to their considerable electro-optic coefficients and attractive processing properties, polymers are becoming serious alternatives for the currently often applied lithium niobate.

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G. R. Mohlmann, W. H. G. Horsthuis, C. P. J. M. van der Vorst, A. Mc. Donach, M. Copeland, C. Duchet, P. Fabre, M. B. J. Diemeer, E. S. Trommel, F M. M. Suyten, P. Van Daele, E. Van Tomme, and R. Baets "Recent Developtents In Optically Nonlinear Polymers And Related Electro-Optic Devices", Proc. SPIE 1147, Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic Materials II, (15 January 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.962128

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