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Low‐Voltage Electro‐Optic Modulation Using Amorphous Polycarbonate Host Material
Author(s) -
Ermer S.,
Lovejoy S.M.,
Bedworth P.V.,
Leung D.S.,
Warren H.B.,
Epstein J.A.,
Girton D.G.,
Dries L.S.,
Taylor R.E.,
Barto R.R.,
Eades W.,
Van Eck T.E.,
Moss A.S.,
Anderson W.W.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/1616-3028(20020916)12:9<605::aid-adfm605>3.0.co;2-s
Subject(s) - materials science , poling , polycarbonate , optoelectronics , amorphous solid , voltage , slab , optics , composite material , electrical engineering , crystallography , chemistry , physics , geophysics , geology , dielectric , ferroelectricity , engineering
The selection process leading to the development of a guest–host electro‐optic material based on an amorphous polycarbonate (APC) is described. The optical loss at 1300 nm of this material system is under 2 dB/cm, which is the confidence limit of the slab measurement used. A Mach–Zehnder modulator fabricated using the push–pull poling technique has a low switching voltage ( V π ) of 1.2 V.