Optical waveguides – Directional optical modulation within an optical waveguide – Electro-optic
Patent
1994-12-08
1996-04-30
Ullah, Akm E.
Optical waveguides
Directional optical modulation within an optical waveguide
Electro-optic
385 4, G02F 1295
Patent
active
055132839
ABSTRACT:
A TE-TM mode converter of a polymer electro-optic polarization waveguide type uses the electro-optic birefringence and the electro-optic effect as a non-linear optical waveguide medium, in which an optical director formed during the poling of a polymer thin film is determined by the direction of the poling electrical field. The poling electrode design enables the optical director having the angle of 45.degree. to the electrical direction of the TE and TM modes to be formed in the polymer thin film. When the waveguide receives the incident light of the TE mode or TM mode, the TE (or TM) mode is switched into the TM (or TE) mode by an effective refraction factor between the optical director and the director perpendicular thereto. If a length of the poling electrode and the birefringence of the waveguide is adjusted, the changes of various electo-optic polarization states are possible. The poled thin film has an electro-optic effect. If a voltage is applied to the thin film, the size of the birefringence derived by the poling is changeable. The use of the electro-optic effect enables the outputting state of the waveguide to be maintained at the TE or TM mode by a bias electrode, and if the switching voltage is applied to the waveguide, the TE-TM mode switching can be accomplished.
REFERENCES:
Optical Society of America, Optics Letters, vol. 5, No. 11, Nov. 1980, pp. 473-475, entitled "Electro-optic waveguide TE.revreaction.TM mode converter with low drive voltage", by R. C. Alperness and L. L. Buhl.
American Institute of Physics, Appl. Phys. Lett. 36(7), 1 Apr. 1980, pp. 513-515, entitled "Efficient waveguide electro-optic TE.revreaction.TM mode converter/wavelength filter" by R. C. Alferness.
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, vol. QE-18, No. 4, Apr. 1982, pp. 763-766, entitled "Electrooptic Polarization Modulation in Multielectrode Al.sub.x GA.sub.l--x AS Rib Waveguides" by F. K. Reinhardt, Ralph A. Logan and W. Robert Sinclair.
Kim Jang-Joo
Oh Min-Chul
Whang Wol-Yon
Zyung Tae-Hyoung
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
Ullah Akm E.
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