Electro-optic Polymers and Applications in Phase Shifters for Next Generation Phase Array Antennas

Abstract

Electro-optic polymers in traveling wave modulators have the potential for very wide band operation (>100 GHz) due to the low dielectric constant of the polymers and in addition very low voltage drive requirements because of the high EQ coefficients promised by the polymer chemists. Recent advances in the understanding of dipole-dipole interactions and new techniques in modulator fabrication have resulted in modulators which realize this potential. We report here on polymer traveling wave modulators. The high thermal stability (900 deg C) and low propagation loss (1-2 dB/cm) of these devices make them commercially viable.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA381051

Entities

People

  • A. Szep
  • C. Zhang
  • Hongrui Zhang
  • M. C. Oh
  • W. H. Steier

Organizations

  • University of Southern California

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Analyzers
  • Antenna Arrays
  • Dielectric Permittivity
  • Electrical Properties
  • Electro-Optic Modulators
  • Frequency
  • Low Voltage
  • Materials
  • Modulation
  • Modulators
  • Molecules
  • Optical Detectors
  • Optical Modulators
  • Phase Shift
  • Phased Arrays
  • Traveling Waves

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Microwave Engineering.
  • Organic Chemistry