Fabrication and metrology of an electro-optic polymer light modulator based on waveguide-coupled surface plasmon resonance

Jin-Jung Chyou; Chih-Sheng Chu; Z. H. Shih; Chun-Yu Lin; Shean-Jen Chen; Ching-Fong Shu

doi:10.1117/1.1868775

1 March 2005 Fabrication and metrology of an electro-optic polymer light modulator based on waveguide-coupled surface plasmon resonance

Jin-Jung Chyou, Chih-Sheng Chu, Z. H. Shih, Chun-Yu Lin, Shean-Jen Chen, Ching-Fong Shu

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 44, Issue 3, 034001 (March 2005). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1868775

Abstract

This study presents a novel high-efficiency electro-optic (EO) light modulator whose operation is based on the attenuated total reflection effect, in which the surface plasmon wave is excited by an incident waveguide light wave. The EO light modulator is fabricated using a nonlinear optical polymer material that is a side-chain EO polyimide with 2-[N-ethyl-4-(tricyanovinyl)anilino]ethanol chromophore. The modulator is characterized, and its performance tested, in terms of the thickness and dielectric constant of the polymer thin film, the EO coefficient, the insertion loss, and the modulation index. Additionally, the dynamic response of the EO light modulator is fully investigated and discussed.

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Jin-Jung Chyou, Chih-Sheng Chu, Z. H. Shih, Chun-Yu Lin, Shean-Jen Chen, and Ching-Fong Shu "Fabrication and metrology of an electro-optic polymer light modulator based on waveguide-coupled surface plasmon resonance," Optical Engineering 44(3), 034001 (1 March 2005). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1868775

Published: 1 March 2005

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