Optically inscribed surface relief diffraction gratings on azobenzene containing polymers for coupling light into slab waveguides

被引:86
作者
Paterson, J
Natansohn, A
Rochon, P
Callender, CL
Robitaille, L
机构
[1] ROYAL MIL COLL CANADA,DEPT PHYS,KINGSTON,ON K7L 5L0,CANADA
[2] COMMUN RES CTR,OTTAWA,ON K2H 8S2,CANADA
关键词
D O I
10.1063/1.117292
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
Surface relief diffraction gratings inscribed on azobenzene-containing polymers are designed to act as light couplers into slab waveguides. The gratings are inscribed both directly in poly{4-[2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl]azobenzene} (pMEA) waveguide material, and in an azopolymer cladding layer applied to polyimide, silicon nitride, and silicon oxynitride films. Input and output coupling of both 633 and 830 nm light is observed in the waveguides. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.
引用
收藏
页码:3318 / 3320
页数:3
相关论文
共 11 条
[1]  
*AM CHEM COMP, AM 9000D COAT DEV CO
[2]  
BARRETT C, 1996, J PHYS CHEM, V100
[3]   GENERATION OF PERIODIC SURFACE CORRUGATIONS [J].
JOHNSON, LF ;
KAMMLOTT, GW ;
INGERSOLL, KA .
APPLIED OPTICS, 1978, 17 (08) :1165-1181
[4]   LASER-INDUCED HOLOGRAPHIC SURFACE-RELIEF GRATINGS ON NONLINEAR-OPTICAL POLYMER-FILMS [J].
KIM, DY ;
TRIPATHY, SK ;
LI, L ;
KUMAR, J .
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1995, 66 (10) :1166-1168
[5]   AZO POLYMERS FOR REVERSIBLE OPTICAL STORAGE .1. POLY[4'-[[2-(ACRYLOYLOXY)ETHYL]ETHYLAMINO]-4-NITROAZOBENZENE] [J].
NATANSOHN, A ;
ROCHON, P ;
GOSSELIN, J ;
XIE, S .
MACROMOLECULES, 1992, 25 (08) :2268-2273
[6]   AZO POLYMERS FOR REVERSIBLE OPTICAL STORAGE .6. POLY[4-[2-(METHACRYLOYLOXY)ETHYL]AZOBENZENE] [J].
NATANSOHN, A ;
ROCHON, P ;
HO, MS ;
BARRETT, C .
MACROMOLECULES, 1995, 28 (12) :4179-4183
[7]  
Nishihara H., 1989, OPTICAL INTEGRATED C
[8]  
PHILIPS H, 1991, APPL PHYS LETT, V58, P276
[9]  
Pollock C.R., 1995, FUNDAMENTALS OPTOELE
[10]  
Ramanujam PS, 1996, APPL PHYS LETT, V68, P1329, DOI 10.1063/1.115924