Integrated Optical Structures And Electro-Optic Devices In Poly 4-Vinyl Pyridine And Loaded Poly 4-Vinyl Pyridine Thin Films

P. J. Wells; D. Bloor

doi:10.1117/12.949999

31 January 1989 Integrated Optical Structures And Electro-Optic Devices In Poly 4-Vinyl Pyridine And Loaded Poly 4-Vinyl Pyridine Thin Films

P. J. Wells, D. Bloor

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Proceedings Volume 1018, Electro-Optic and Magneto-Optic Materials; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.949999
Event: 1988 International Congress on Optical Science and Engineering, 1988, Hamburg, Germany

Abstract

We have fabricated multi-layer thin film structures using Poly 4-Vinyl Pyridine (P4VP) as one of the layers. A "vertical" directional coupler has been constructed in which light is coupled between two layers by an intermediate layer of lower refractive index. In single P4VP layer devices we have measured Pockels and Kerr effects, we have also observed an enhanced Kerr response which passes through a null when a square wave of about 120 V r.m.s. is applied. A single-polarisation thin-film interferometer has been made which shows interference between two discrete modes, one confined mostly in the polymer and the other in a thin Si02 film beneath the polymer.

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P. J. Wells and D. Bloor "Integrated Optical Structures And Electro-Optic Devices In Poly 4-Vinyl Pyridine And Loaded Poly 4-Vinyl Pyridine Thin Films", Proc. SPIE 1018, Electro-Optic and Magneto-Optic Materials, (31 January 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.949999

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