双面金属包覆聚合物波导电光调制研究.pdf

双面金属包覆聚合物波导电光调制的研究 摘 要 在光电子领域，聚合物薄膜的线性电光效应一直是人们关注的 焦点，二次电光效应却没有得到足够的重视。聚合物二次电光系数 的测量，是制备聚合物二次电光效应器件的基础。聚合物二次电光 系数的测量方法主要有基于相位延迟的十字镜起偏器法和基于材料 吸收谱利用Kramers-Kronig 关系计算材料二次电光系数的方法等。 但这些方法并不能获得二次电光系数张量的所有元素。本文提出了 一种基于衰减全反射（ATR ）技术测量聚合物材料二次电光系数的方 法。与其他方法相比，这种方法具有样品制备相对简单、可以测量 二次电光系数张量的所有元素以及很高的灵敏度等优点。 本文还给出了一种基于自由空间耦合技术的双面金属包覆聚合 物电光调制器。自由空间耦合方式，扩大了波导有效折射率的取值 范围，可以获得在较小入射角被激发的高阶导模。双面金属包覆波 导高阶导模对聚合物薄波导层的折射率变化比低阶导模更敏感。因 而，双面金属包覆聚合物电光调制器的工作电压较低、调制深度较 大。由于采用了自由空间耦合技术，与传统的棱镜耦合衰减全反射 型电光调制器相比，这种电光调制器具有灵敏度高、结构简单、体 积更小、集成性更强的特点。 关键词：双面金属包覆波导，聚合物，自由空间耦合技术，电光调 制，二次电光系数 i INVESTIGATION OF ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATING BASED ON SYMMETRICAL METAL-CLADDING POLYMER WAVEGUIDE ABSTRACT In the field of optoelectronics, the linear electro-optic effect of polymer is the focus of investigation. By comparison, the quadratic electro-optic effect (QEO) of polymer has not been given appropriate attention yet. The measurement of QEO coefficient in organic polymer is fundamental for the fabrication of QEO devices. Traditional measurements such as cross-polarizer method based on the phase retardation and Kramers-Kronig calculation based on the sample absorbance spectrum can not give all the elements of QEO coefficient tensor. In this thesis, based on attenuated total reflection technique, not only the all the elements of the QEO coefficient tensor of the organic polymer but also the DC Kerr Coefficient was obtained by employing a simple sample, the fabrication of which is very easy. A double metal-cladding polymer electro-optic modulator based on free-space coupling technique is also given in this thesi