Low-Voltage Electro-Optic Modulation Using Amorphous Polycarbonate Host Material

The selection process leading to the development of a guest–host electro‐optic material based on an amorphous polycarbonate (APC) is described. The optical loss at 1300 nm of this material system is under 2 dB/cm, which is the confidence limit of the slab measurement used. A Mach–Zehnder modulator f...

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Published in:	Advanced functional materials Vol. 12; no. 9; pp. 605 - 610
Main Authors:	Ermer, S., Lovejoy, S.M., Bedworth, P.V., Leung, D.S., Warren, H.B., Epstein, J.A., Girton, D.G., Dries, L.S., Taylor, R.E., Barto Jr, R.R., Eades, W., Van Eck, T.E., Moss, A.S., Anderson, W.W.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 01-09-2002 WILEY‐VCH Verlag
Subjects:	amorphous Electro-optics Host-guest systems Polycarbonates Polycarbonates, amorphous Waveguides
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Summary:	The selection process leading to the development of a guest–host electro‐optic material based on an amorphous polycarbonate (APC) is described. The optical loss at 1300 nm of this material system is under 2 dB/cm, which is the confidence limit of the slab measurement used. A Mach–Zehnder modulator fabricated using the push–pull poling technique has a low switching voltage (Vπ) of 1.2 V. A guest–host electro‐optic material based on an amorphous polycarbonate (APC) and the highly active chromophore 46M (see Figure) is described. The material is used to fabricate a Mach–Zehnder modulator with a low switching voltage using the push–pull poling technique. The stability of this modulator at 25 °C is excellent and its optical loss at 1300 nm is under 2 D cm–1.
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ISSN:	1616-301X 1616-3028
DOI:	10.1002/1616-3028(20020916)12:9<605::AID-ADFM605>3.0.CO;2-S