TY - JOUR A1 - Steglich, Patrick A1 - Mai, Christian A1 - Villringer, Claus A1 - Mai, Andreas T1 - Direct observation and simultaneous use of linear and quadratic electro-optical effects TI - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics N2 - We report on the direct observation and simultaneous use of the linear and quadratic electro-optical effect and propose a method by which higher-order susceptibilities of electro-optical materials can be determined. The evaluation is based on the separation of the second- and third-order susceptibilities and the experimental technique uses a slot waveguide ring resonator fabricated in integrated photonic circuit technology, which is embedded by a guest-host polymer system consisting of the azobenzene dye Disperse Red 1 in a poly(methyl methacrylate) matrix as an active electro-optical material. The contribution of both effects on the electro-optical response under the influence of static and time-varying electrical fields is investigated. We show that the quadratic electro-optical effect has a significant influence on the overall electro-optical response even with acentric molecular orientated molecules. Our findings have important implications for developing electro-optical devices based on polymer-filled slot waveguides and give rise to advanced photonic circuits. Y1 - 2020 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-th-wildau/frontdoor/index/index/docId/1303 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-13032 SN - 1361-6463 VL - 53 IS - 12 ER -