An electro-optic polymer-cladded TiO2 waveguide modulator

Feng Qiu; Hiroki Miura; Andrew M. Spring; Jianxun Hong; Daisuke Maeda; Masa Aki Ozawa; Keisuke Odoi; Shiyoshi Yokoyama

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An electro-optic polymer-cladded TiO₂ waveguide modulator

Feng Qiu, Hiroki Miura, Andrew M. Spring, Jianxun Hong, Daisuke Maeda, Masa Aki Ozawa, Keisuke Odoi, Shiyoshi Yokoyama

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Organic electro-optic (EO) materials and their hybrid systems have received considerable attention for high-performance modulators. In this work, we demonstrate the design and fabrication of an EO modulator with a low half-wave voltage (V_π) and a RF modulation response up to at least 10 GHz. The polymer used in this work has a glass transition temperature of 172 °C, which makes it stable even under high temperature RF sputtering. As a result, an EO polymer-cladded titanium dioxide (TiO₂) waveguide structure can be utilized to enlarge the confinement factor, and thus, enable a low V_π. The response of the modulator from 4 to 10 GHz has been measured, which shows a flat frequency response up to 10 GHz and a potential for the application in several tens GHz.

Original language	English
Article number	173301
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	109
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4966272
Publication status	Published - Oct 24 2016

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An electro-optic polymer-cladded TiO₂ waveguide modulator

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