High-efficiency electro-optic polymer light modulator based on waveguide-coupled surface plasmon resonance

Jin-Jung Chyou; Chih-Sheng Chu; Chih-Hung Shih; Chun-Yu Lin; Kun-Tsai Huang; Shean-Jen Chen; Su-Frang Shu

doi:10.1117/12.505525

28 October 2003 High-efficiency electro-optic polymer light modulator based on waveguide-coupled surface plasmon resonance

Jin-Jung Chyou, Chih-Sheng Chu, Chih-Hung Shih, Chun-Yu Lin, Kun-Tsai Huang, Shean-Jen Chen, Su-Frang Shu

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Proceedings Volume 5221, Plasmonics: Metallic Nanostructures and Their Optical Properties; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.505525
Event: Optical Science and Technology, SPIE's 48th Annual Meeting, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

A novel high efficiency electro-optic polymer light modulator based on waveguide-coupled surface plasmon resonance (WCSPR) is presented. The modulator consists of a five-layer system: dielectric layer/metal film/electro-optic (E-O) polymer layer/metal film/air. By combining WCSPR based on attenuated total reflection (ATR) method and Pockels effect from poled E-O polymer, we demonstrate that this kind of modulator operated with less applying modulation voltage, less optical insertion loss, and easy alignment compared to other light modulation techniques. Also, in this paper the theoretical derivation of WCSPR, the optimum design concerning the relation between the efficiency of modulator and E-O layer thickness, and the fabrication process of the E-O polymer light modulator are presented. This modulator is shown to allow a greater degree of modulation for a given voltage with working point chosen near the midst of WCSPR mode in the visible range.

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Jin-Jung Chyou, Chih-Sheng Chu, Chih-Hung Shih, Chun-Yu Lin, Kun-Tsai Huang, Shean-Jen Chen, and Su-Frang Shu "High-efficiency electro-optic polymer light modulator based on waveguide-coupled surface plasmon resonance", Proc. SPIE 5221, Plasmonics: Metallic Nanostructures and Their Optical Properties, (28 October 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.505525

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