Traveling-wave modulator using a gelatin-based E-O polymer waveguide

Robert Shih; Ray T. Chen; Z.Z. Ho

doi:10.1117/12.139157

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14 January 1993 Traveling-wave modulator using a gelatin-based E-O polymer waveguide

Robert Shih, Ray T. Chen, Z.Z. Ho

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Proceedings Volume 1774, Nonconducting Photopolymers and Applications; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.139157
Event: San Diego '92, 1992, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

An electro-optic intensity modulator using a gelatin-based EO polymer waveguide has been built and characterized. This EO modulator is constructed from a nitrophenol/gelatin guest/host poled polymer system. V_pi and (gamma) ₃₃ of 25 V and 38 pm/V are obtained, respectively. This is the first demonstration of an active EO device using electro- optic gelatin. Integration of the modulator with a traveling-wave electrode structure to increase the modulation speed is under investigation. Preliminary studies have shown electrical modulation bandwidths of up to 40 GHz.

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Robert Shih, Ray T. Chen, and Z.Z. Ho "Traveling-wave modulator using a gelatin-based E-O polymer waveguide", Proc. SPIE 1774, Nonconducting Photopolymers and Applications, (14 January 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.139157

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