Plasmonic, photonic, or hybrid? Reviewing waveguide geometries for electro-optic modulators

A Messner, D Moor, D Chelladurai, R Svoboda… - APL Photonics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Electro-optic modulators are key elements in high-speed optical telecommunication links
and preferably rely on materials with a linear electro-optic effect. Choosing adequate …

Plasmonic metafibers electro-optic modulators

L Zhang, X Sun, H Yu, N Deng, F Qiu, J Wang… - Light: Science & …, 2023 - nature.com
Digitalizing optical signals through electric driving signals, electro-optic modulators (EOMs)
are one of the cardinal elements in modern optical communications. Most of current EOM …

Electro-optic crosslinkable chromophores with ultrahigh electro-optic coefficients and long-term stability

Z Zeng, J Liu, T Luo, Z Li, J Liao, W Zhang, L Zhang… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of organic electro-optic materials with ultrahigh electro-optic coefficients
and high long-term alignment stability is the most challenging topic in this field. Next …

Organic electro-optics and optical rectification: from mesoscale to nanoscale hybrid devices and chip-scale integration of electronics and photonics

DL Elder, LR Dalton - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The performance of electro-optic devices based on organic second order NLO materials has
been improved by orders of magnitude through theory-guided improvement in the electro …

Perspective: Nanophotonic electro-optics enabling THz bandwidths, exceptional modulation and energy efficiencies, and compact device footprints

LR Dalton, J Leuthold, BH Robinson, C Haffner… - APL Materials, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The growth of integrated photonics has driven the need for efficient, high-bandwidth
electrical-to-optical (EO) signal conversion over a broad range of frequencies (MHz–THz) …

Perspectives of thin-film lithium niobate and electro-optic polymers for high-performance electro-optic modulation

M Wang, Y Chen, S Zhang, L Dong, H Yao… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and big data, are driving the
exponential growth of data traffic in fiber-optic communication networks. This surge in data …

On-chip optical sources of 3D photonic integration based on active fluorescent polymer waveguide microdisks for light display application

C Wang, D Zhang, J Yue, H Lin, X Zhang, T Zhang… - PhotoniX, 2023 - Springer
In this work, on-chip three-dimensional (3D) photonic integrated optical sources based on
active fluorescent polymer waveguide microdisks are proposed for light display application …

Recent Progress in Design of Organic Electro‐optic Materials with Ultrahigh Electro‐optic Activities

H Xu, Y Sun, Y Kan, K Gao - Chinese Journal of Chemistry, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Comprehensive Summary Rationally designed organic electro‐optic (OEO) materials
demonstrate ultra‐large electro‐optic (EO) activities, affording inorganic‐organic hybrid …

Optimization of donors, acceptors and bridges for novel organic electro-optic materials

S Wu, S Feng, Z Huang, C Liu, Y Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The effects of different donors, acceptors, and electron bridges on various properties of
novel organic electro-optic materials are investigated. We synthesized and systematically …

Highly Efficient and Stable Binary Cross‐Linkable/Self‐Assembled Organic Nonlinear Optical Molecular Glasses

L Zhang, F Liu, R Yang, F Huo, W Zhang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The development of electro‐optical materials with high chromophore loading levels that
possess ultrahigh electro‐optic coefficients and high long term alignment stability is a …