Highly efficient EO polymers for low Vπ modulators

Diyun Huang; Danliang Jin; Baoquan Chen; Hui Chen; Don Tolstedt; Stephen Condon; Anna Barklund; Guomin Yu; Eric Miller; Raluca Dinu; Jingdong Luo; Zhengwei Shi; Tae-Dong Kim; Su Huang; Alex K.-Y. Jen

doi:10.1117/12.795561

Highly efficient EO polymers for low V_π modulators

Diyun Huang, Danliang Jin, Baoquan Chen, Hui Chen, Don Tolstedt, Stephen Condon, Anna Barklund, Guomin Yu, Eric Miller, Raluca Dinu, Jingdong Luo, Zhengwei Shi, Tae-Dong Kim, Su Huang, Alex K.-Y. Jen

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Poly(methyl methacrylate-co-9-anthrylmethyl methacrylate) (PMMA-AMA) LP-136 with various AMA contents was prepared. The polymer was modified via Diels-Alder (D-A) type "click chemistry". In one approach, the side-chain was grafted stepwise with maleimide-containing chromophore AJL-04 followed with N-phenylmaleimide (PI) to form LP-160. LP-160 was doped with 30 wt % of chromophore AJLS-102 to give electro-optic (EO) core polymer AJ-415. In the other approach, all the pending AMA groups were modified with PI in one step to yield LP-165. Doping 33.7 wt % AJLS-102 in LP-165 gives another core polymer AJ-416. The EO and material properties of both polymers were systematically studied. Via careful selection of bottom and top cladding materials with proper optical and electrical properties, Mach-Zehnder type modulators were fabricated based on both core materials. At the operational wavelength of 1550 nm, modulator with AJ-415 core has half-wave driving voltage (V_π) of 0.95 V and insertion loss of 19.1 dB, while the best results from modulators with AJ-416 core are 0.75 V of V_π and 17.1 dB of insertion loss. AJ-416 also has the advantage over AJ-415 for building EO modulator with better processibility and long-term stability.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Linear and Nonlinear Optics of Organic Materials VIII
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Print)	9780819472694
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.795561
Publication status	Published - 28 Aug 2008
Externally published	Yes
Event	Linear and Nonlinear Optics of Organic Materials VIII - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: 12 Aug 2008 → 14 Aug 2008

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE
Volume	7049
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Conference	Linear and Nonlinear Optics of Organic Materials VIII
Place	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	12/08/08 → 14/08/08

Research Keywords

Chromophore
Electro-optic coefficient
Electro-optical polymer
Guest-host system
Half-wave driving voltage
Long-term stability
Modulator
Optical loss

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Huang, D., Jin, D., Chen, B., Chen, H., Tolstedt, D., Condon, S., Barklund, A., Yu, G., Miller, E., Dinu, R., Luo, J., Shi, Z., Kim, T.-D., Huang, S., & Jen, A. K.-Y. (2008). Highly efficient EO polymers for low V_π modulators. In Linear and Nonlinear Optics of Organic Materials VIII Article 70490H (Proceedings of SPIE; Vol. 7049). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.795561

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