Optical Intensity Modulator Based on a Novel Electrooptic Polymer Incorporating a High μβ Chromophore

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 527-532

  Lee, Sang Shin ^a,b,c,e   Garner, Sean M ^a,c,f   Chuyanov, Vadim ^a   Zhang, Hua ^a   Steier, William H ^a   Wang, Fang ^c   Dalton, Larry R ^c   Udupa, Anand H ^d,g,h   Fetterman, Harold R ^d  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b LG   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^f STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^h TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (India)

Author keywords

Electrooptic modulation; Fiber optics; Optical planar waveguide components; Optical polymers; Optical waveguides

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001414801     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.842093     Document Type: Article

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