Optical polymers and related photonic devices

Gustaaf R. Moehlmann; Marcel K. Klein Koerkamp; Jean-Luc P. Heideman; Thomas Anthony Tumolillo Jr.; Monique van Rheede; R. Ramsamoedj; Cornelis P.J.M. van der Vorst; Rob A.P. van Gassel

doi:10.1117/12.187533

23 September 1994 Optical polymers and related photonic devices

Gustaaf R. Moehlmann, Marcel K. Klein Koerkamp, Jean-Luc P. Heideman, Thomas Anthony Tumolillo Jr., Monique van Rheede, R. Ramsamoedj, Cornelis P.J.M. van der Vorst, Rob A.P. van Gassel

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Proceedings Volume 2285, Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic Materials VII; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.187533
Event: SPIE's 1994 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1994, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Polymeric optical components are potentially low cost and reliable components for applications in optical telecommunication and datacom. A number of (optically nonlinear) polymers has been used to make planar integrated optical components. Various types of passive and active polymeric guided wave devices were made in a multilayer of polymers with different refractive indices, deposited onto a substrate. Lateral confinement of the (channel) waveguides has been obtained via photobleaching applying masks containing the desired waveguide lay-out. The electro-optic effect has been induced via electric field poling. The devices thus made show switching voltages in the range 5 - 10 Volts at a wavelength of 1330 nm together with extinction ratio's in excess of 20 dB. For the passive devices, waveguide propagation losses around 0.4 dB/cm were observed; for switching devices, values were around 1 dB/cm. An important feature is the reliability and environmental stability of these polymeric devices; this issue will be discussed.

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Gustaaf R. Moehlmann, Marcel K. Klein Koerkamp, Jean-Luc P. Heideman, Thomas Anthony Tumolillo Jr., Monique van Rheede, R. Ramsamoedj, Cornelis P.J.M. van der Vorst, and Rob A.P. van Gassel "Optical polymers and related photonic devices", Proc. SPIE 2285, Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic Materials VII, (23 September 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.187533

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