On-Chip Dispersion Measurement of the Quadratic Electro-Optic Effect in Nonlinear Optical Polymers Using a Photonic Integrated Circuit Technology

A novel method to determine the dispersion of the quadratic electro-optic effect in nonlinear optical materials by using a silicon-on-insulator microring resonator is presented. The microring consists of a silicon slot waveguide enabling large dc electric field strength at low applied voltages. The...

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Main Authors: Patrick Steglich, Claus Villringer, Birgit Dietzel, Christian Mai, Sigurd Schrader, Mauro Casalboni, Andreas Mai
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description A novel method to determine the dispersion of the quadratic electro-optic effect in nonlinear optical materials by using a silicon-on-insulator microring resonator is presented. The microring consists of a silicon slot waveguide enabling large dc electric field strength at low applied voltages. The dispersion of third-order hyperpolarizability of a linear conjugated dye is approximated by using a two-level model for the off-resonant spectral region. As an example, the dispersion of the resonance wavelength of the resonator filled with a dye doped polymer was measured in dependence of the applied dc voltage. The polymer was poly (methylmethacrylate) doped with <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\text{5 wt}\%$</tex-math></inline-formula> disperse red 1 (DR1), and the measurements have been carried out at the telecommunication wavelength band around <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\text{1550 nm}$</tex-math></inline-formula> (optical <italic>C</italic>-band). The described measurements represent a new technique to determine the dispersion of the third-order susceptibility and molecular hyperpolarizability of the material filled into the slot of the ring-resonator.
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spelling doaj-art-343fbddefed140c582be41045be86feb2025-08-20T03:32:37ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552019-01-0111311010.1109/JPHOT.2019.29176658718361On-Chip Dispersion Measurement of the Quadratic Electro-Optic Effect in Nonlinear Optical Polymers Using a Photonic Integrated Circuit TechnologyPatrick Steglich0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3689-5737Claus Villringer1Birgit Dietzel2Christian Mai3Sigurd Schrader4Mauro Casalboni5Andreas Mai6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3861-0512IHP - Leibniz-Institut f&#x00FC;r innovative Mikroelektronik, Frankfurt(Oder), GermanyTechnical University of Applied Sciences Wildau, Wildau, GermanyTechnical University of Applied Sciences Wildau, Wildau, GermanyIHP - Leibniz-Institut f&#x00FC;r innovative Mikroelektronik, Frankfurt(Oder), GermanyTechnical University of Applied Sciences Wildau, Wildau, GermanyUniversity of Rome &#x201C;Tor Vergata&#x201D;, Rome, ItalyIHP - Leibniz-Institut f&#x00FC;r innovative Mikroelektronik, Frankfurt(Oder), GermanyA novel method to determine the dispersion of the quadratic electro-optic effect in nonlinear optical materials by using a silicon-on-insulator microring resonator is presented. The microring consists of a silicon slot waveguide enabling large dc electric field strength at low applied voltages. The dispersion of third-order hyperpolarizability of a linear conjugated dye is approximated by using a two-level model for the off-resonant spectral region. As an example, the dispersion of the resonance wavelength of the resonator filled with a dye doped polymer was measured in dependence of the applied dc voltage. The polymer was poly (methylmethacrylate) doped with <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\text{5 wt}\%$</tex-math></inline-formula> disperse red 1 (DR1), and the measurements have been carried out at the telecommunication wavelength band around <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\text{1550 nm}$</tex-math></inline-formula> (optical <italic>C</italic>-band). The described measurements represent a new technique to determine the dispersion of the third-order susceptibility and molecular hyperpolarizability of the material filled into the slot of the ring-resonator.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8718361/Electro-optical devicesnonlinear opticsintegrated opticsintegrated optics materialsoptical materialsintegrated optics devices
spellingShingle Patrick Steglich
Claus Villringer
Birgit Dietzel
Christian Mai
Sigurd Schrader
Mauro Casalboni
Andreas Mai
On-Chip Dispersion Measurement of the Quadratic Electro-Optic Effect in Nonlinear Optical Polymers Using a Photonic Integrated Circuit Technology
IEEE Photonics Journal
Electro-optical devices
nonlinear optics
integrated optics
integrated optics materials
optical materials
integrated optics devices
title On-Chip Dispersion Measurement of the Quadratic Electro-Optic Effect in Nonlinear Optical Polymers Using a Photonic Integrated Circuit Technology
title_full On-Chip Dispersion Measurement of the Quadratic Electro-Optic Effect in Nonlinear Optical Polymers Using a Photonic Integrated Circuit Technology
title_fullStr On-Chip Dispersion Measurement of the Quadratic Electro-Optic Effect in Nonlinear Optical Polymers Using a Photonic Integrated Circuit Technology
title_full_unstemmed On-Chip Dispersion Measurement of the Quadratic Electro-Optic Effect in Nonlinear Optical Polymers Using a Photonic Integrated Circuit Technology
title_short On-Chip Dispersion Measurement of the Quadratic Electro-Optic Effect in Nonlinear Optical Polymers Using a Photonic Integrated Circuit Technology
title_sort on chip dispersion measurement of the quadratic electro optic effect in nonlinear optical polymers using a photonic integrated circuit technology
topic Electro-optical devices
nonlinear optics
integrated optics
integrated optics materials
optical materials
integrated optics devices
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8718361/
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