Synthesis and Processing of Improved Second Order Nonlinear Optical Materials
Abstract
Polymeric EO modulators operating with drive voltages of 0.8-4.5 volts, bandwidths of 150 GHz, and insertion losses on the order of 5-6 dB have been demonstrated. These modulators have also been packaged as 3-D circuit structures and integrated directly with VLSI semiconductor electronics and with silica fiber optics. A variety of new device structures including phased array radar, ultrafast analog-to-digital converters, polarization insensitive modulators, ultrahigh bandwidth oscillators, and spatial light modulators have been demonstrated. New condensed matter theory has been developed which is capable of correctly predicting for all concentration regimes the behavior of many-body, spatially-anisotropic, long-range electrostatically-interacting dipolar molecules. This theory has guided the dramatic improvement in organic EO materials.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 15, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA385791
Entities
People
- Larry Dalton
Organizations
- University of Southern California