Fabrication and metrology of an electro-optic polymer light modulator based on waveguide-coupled surface plasmon resonance

J. J. Chyou; C. S. Chu; Z. H. Shih; C. Y. Lin; Shean Jen Chen; C. F. Shu

doi:10.1117/1.1868775

Fabrication and metrology of an electro-optic polymer light modulator based on waveguide-coupled surface plasmon resonance

J. J. Chyou^*, C. S. Chu, Z. H. Shih, C. Y. Lin, Shean Jen Chen, C. F. Shu

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Institute of Imaging and Biomedical Photonics

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Abstract

This study presents a novel high-efficiency electro-optic (EO) light modulator whose operation is based on the attenuated total reflection effect, in which the surface plasmon wave is excited by an incident waveguide light wave. The EO light modulator is fabricated using a nonlinear optical polymer material that is a side-chain EO polyimide with 2-[N-ethyl-4-(tricyanovinyl)anilino]ethanol chromophore. The modulator is characterized, and its performance tested, in terms of the thickness and dielectric constant of the polymer thin film, the EO coefficient, the insertion loss, and the modulation index. Additionally, the dynamic response of the EO light modulator is fully investigated and discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-7
Number of pages	7
Journal	Optical Engineering
Volume	44
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1868775
State	Published - 1 Mar 2005

Keywords

Attenuated total reflection
Electro-optic polymer
Nonlinear optical
Surface plasmon resonance
Waveguide-coupled

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