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1994
Conference Paper
Title
Waveguide applications of nonlinear optical polymer electrets with three-dimensional patterning of the dipole polarization
Abstract
Advanced integrated optical devices with poled polymers require various dipole-orientation patterns. Besides parallel and perpendicular orientations with respect to the film plane, periodic poling structures with alternating polarity along the waveguide direction and with step-like profiles across the active-layer thickness are needed. The nondestructive investigation of the various dipole orientation patterns with electro-optical and pyroelectrical microscopes is described. Applications include mode filtering, polarization-independent light modulation, phase-matched as well as quasi-phase-matched collinear and counterpropagating second-harmonic generation.
Language
English
Keyword(s)
dielectric polarisation
electrets
electro-optical devices
integrated optics
nonlinear optics
optical films
optical harmonic generation
optical modulation
optical polymers
optical waveguides
polymer films
pyroelectricity
nonlinear optical polymer electrets
three-dimensional patterning
dipole polarization
integrated optical devices
poled polymer films
waveguide applications
step-like profiles
nondestructive investigation
electro-optical microscopy
pyroelectrical microscopy
mode filtering
polarization-independent light modulation
phase-matched collinear second-harmonic generation
quasi-phase-matched collinear second-harmonic generation
phase-matched counterpropagating second-harmonic generation
quasi-phase-matched counterpropagating second-harmonic generation