Photodefinable electro-optic polymers for high speed modulators

Faccini, M. and Balakrishnan, M. and Diemeer, M.B.J. and Leinse, A. and Verboom, W. and Driessen, A. and Reinhoudt, D.N. (2006) Photodefinable electro-optic polymers for high speed modulators. In: 9th International Conference on Organic Nonlinear Optics - ICONO'9 and International Conference on Organic Photonics and Electronics 2006 - ICOPE 2006, 24-28 September 2006, Bruges, Belgium.

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Abstract:	We present a series of polymeric electro-optic (EO) materials based on the tricyanovinylidenediphenylaminobenzene (TCVDPA) chromophore which exhibits an exceptionally high photostability combined with a high EO activity. The EO properties of these derivatives are given and the best result was obtained with the di-tBut derivative 2, which showed a nearly doubling effect of $r_{33}$ (14 pm/V to 25 pm/V), while increasing the concentration from 25 wt% to 37.5 wt%. A microring resonator design was made based on the PC-TCVDPA system. Waveguides were fabricated by photodefinition of inverted ridges in VSC, a negative epoxy based photoresist with low refractive index.
Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item
Faculty:	Science and Technology (TNW)
Research Group:	Molecular Nanofabrication (MNF)
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