Electro-activation and electro-morphing of photorefractive funnel waveguides
Author(s) -
Angelo Pierangelo,
Alessandro Ciattoni,
E. Palange,
Aharon J. Agranat,
E. DelRe
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.17.022659
Subject(s) - optics , materials science , funnel , photorefractive effect , lithium tantalate , waveguide , modulation (music) , tantalate , morphing , optoelectronics , lithium niobate , dielectric , ferroelectricity , physics , computer science , acoustics , chemistry , organic chemistry , computer vision
We demonstrate the electro-activation of funnel waveguides through the quadratic electro-optic effect in paraelectric potassiumlithium- tantalate-niobate. This allows us to achieve electro-optic intensity modulation in a single optical beam, a 1x2 switch, and finally the electrically controlled morphing of a single waveguide into a 1x2 and a 1x4 divider.
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