Open AccessPolymer‐Based Devices for Optical Communications
Author(s) -
Lee MyungHyun,
Ju Jung Jin,
Park Suntak,
Do Jung Yun,
Park Seung Koo
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
etri journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.295
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 2233-7326
pISSN - 1225-6463
DOI - 10.4218/etrij.02.0102.0401
Subject(s) - materials science , polymer , optical switch , optical communication , optoelectronics , polyetherimide , arrayed waveguide grating , photonics , waveguide , grating , wavelength division multiplexing , wavelength , composite material
Polymers are emerging as new alternative materials for optical communication devices. We developed two types of polymer‐based devices for optical communications. One type is for ultra high‐speed signal processing that uses nonlinear optical (NLO) polymers in such devices as electro ‐optic (EO) Mach‐Zëhnder (MZ) modulators and EO 2×2 switches. The other is for WDM optical communications that use low‐loss optical polymers in such devices as 1×2, 2×2, 4‐arrayed 2×2 digital optical switches (DOSs) and 16×16 arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) routers. For these devices, we synthesized a polyetherimide‐disperse red 1 (PEI‐DR1) side chain NLO polymer and a low‐loss optical polymer known as fluorinated polyaryleneethers (FPAE). This paper presents the details of our development of these polymeric photonic devices considering all aspects from materials to packaging.