Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Material for Electro-Optic Modulator

Abstract

Abstract Organic-inorganic hybrid material (SIAZO-VP2) for nonlinear optics was prepared by the sol-gel processable monomer derived from 3-isocyanatopropyltriethoxysilane with hydroxy-functionalized nonlinear optical cliromophores. The measured value of NLO coefficient strongly depended on conditions such as poling temperature, poling time and heating rate. The maximum value of SIAZO-VP2 film which was heated at 200°C exhibited d33 = 64 pm/V in Maker-fringe measurement It was found that the thermal stability of the film was greatly enhanced as poling time increased and a poling temperature became higher. Using this hybrid material, we fabricated a vertically asymmetric coupled electro-optic modulator. The resulting device exhibited a good performance with the extinction ratio of ca. 9 dB, the half wave voltage of 5 V, and the bandwidth of 1.5 MHz at the wavelength of 633 nm.