Double-channel polymer electro-optic modulators in an attenuated total reflection configuration

Zhaowei Zhang; Honggen Lee; Qishun Shen; Zhuangqi Cao; Xiaoming Dou; Yingli Chen; Yukihiro Ozaki

doi:10.1117/12.402704

9 October 2000 Double-channel polymer electro-optic modulators in an attenuated total reflection configuration

Zhaowei Zhang, Honggen Lee, Qishun Shen, Zhuangqi Cao, Xiaoming Dou, Yingli Chen, Yukihiro Ozaki

Proceedings Volume 4225, Optical Interconnects for Telecommunication and Data Communications; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.402704
Event: Optics and Optoelectronic Inspection and Control: Techniques, Applications, and Instruments, 2000, Beijing, China

Abstract

Recently much attention has been paid to the electro-optic modulators with reflection geometry. A new type of electro- optic modulator, which consists of prism-metal-polymer-buffer- metal geometry and works based on Attenuated Total Reflection spectrum, has been developed in our group. In this paper, we propose a double-channel electro-optic polymer modulator, in which two pairs of electrodes are fabricated in ATR configuration. When two light beams are arranged to incident at the prism base with an appropriate angle corresponding to a special mode of the polymer waveguide. The intensity of the two reflected light beams can be directly modulated by the applied voltages due to Pockels effect of the poled-polymer film simultaneously. In the case of applying two different electrical signals to the two different pairs of electrodes, double-channel polymer modulator carrying different information can be fulfilled in a single-prism configuration.

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Zhaowei Zhang, Honggen Lee, Qishun Shen, Zhuangqi Cao, Xiaoming Dou, Yingli Chen, and Yukihiro Ozaki "Double-channel polymer electro-optic modulators in an attenuated total reflection configuration", Proc. SPIE 4225, Optical Interconnects for Telecommunication and Data Communications, (9 October 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.402704

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