Light modulation with electro-optic polymer-based resonant grating waveguide structures

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4645-4650

  Katchalski, Tsvi ^a   Levy Yurista, Guy ^a   Friesem, Asher A ^a   Martin, Guillermo ^b   Hierle, Rolland ^b   Zyss, Joe ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b LABORATOIRE DE PHOTONIQUE QUANTIQUE ET MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COUPLED CIRCUITS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROOPTICAL MATERIALS; LITHIUM NIOBATE; MODULATORS; PHASE MODULATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RESONANCE; SIGNAL ENCODING; WAVEGUIDES;

DATA SIGNALS; ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATORS; ELECTRO-OPTIC POLYMERS; RESONANT GRATING WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURES;

LIGHT MODULATION;

EID: 22744453967     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.004645     Document Type: Article

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