Quadratic electro-optic effect in silicon-organic hybrid slot-waveguides
- This Letter reports on the quadratic electro-optic effect of polymers, observed in a silicon slot-waveguide at low voltages. We demonstrate that in narrow slots, the electro-optic response with respect to refractive index change is strong enough for on-chip wavelength tuning and intensity modulation using voltages as low as 1 V. A silicon slot-waveguide embedded by a nonlinear optical polymer, consisting of the dye Disperse Red 1 in poly(methyl methacrylate), serves as the phase shifter in a racetrack ring resonator. As deduced from the experimental data, the third-order susceptibility of the utilized electro-optic polymer is about 2·10−19 m2/V2. The demonstrated low-voltage operation and inherently thermal stability show the potential for silicon-organic hybrid devices using the quadratic electro-optic effect.
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-12148 |
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| Publisher DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.43.003598 |
| Author: | Patrick SteglichORCiD, Christian Mai, Claus VillringerORCiD, Silvio Pulwer, Mauro CasalboniORCiD, Sigurd SchraderORCiD, Andreas MaiORCiD |
| ISSN: | 1539-4794 |
| Parent Title (English): | Optics Letters |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Volume: | 43 |
| Issue: | 15 |
| Faculties an central facilities: | Fachbereich Ingenieur- und Naturwissenschaften |
| Embargo Date: | 2019/07/23 |
| Publishing Institution: | Technische Hochschule Wildau |
| Source: | Patrick Steglich, Christian Mai, Claus Villringer, Silvio Pulwer, Mauro Casalboni, Sigurd Schrader, and Andreas Mai, "Quadratic electro-optic effect in silicon-organic hybrid slot-waveguides," Opt. Lett. 43, 3598-3601 (2018) |
| Copyright: | © 2018 Optical Society of America. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modifications of the content of this paper are prohibited. |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 53 Physik / 535 Licht, Infrarot- und Ultraviolettphänomene |
| 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 62 Ingenieurwissenschaften / 621 Angewandte Physik | |
| Licence (German): | Das Dokument ist urheberrechtlich geschützt. |
| Release Date: | 2019/05/08 |



