Silica/electro-optic polymer optical modulator with integrated antenna for microwave receiving

Oscar D. Herrera; Kyung Jo Kim; Ram Voorakaranam; Roland Himmelhuber; Shiyi Wang; Veysi Demir; Qiwen Zhan; Li Li; Robert A. Norwood; Robert L. Nelson; Jingdong Luo; Alex K.Y. Jen; Nasser Peyghambarian

doi:10.1109/JLT.2014.2316672

Silica/electro-optic polymer optical modulator with integrated antenna for microwave receiving

Oscar D. Herrera
, Kyung Jo Kim
, Ram Voorakaranam
, Roland Himmelhuber
, Shiyi Wang
, Veysi Demir
, Qiwen Zhan
, Li Li
, Robert A. Norwood
, Robert L. Nelson
, Jingdong Luo
, Alex K.Y. Jen
, Nasser Peyghambarian

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Abstract

A silica/electro-optic (EO) polymer phase modulator is proposed for microwave radiation receiver with the use of a bowtie antenna. Waveguide design optimization is presented for a waveguide with an EO polymer core and silica/sol-gel cladding. Electrode effects on the insertion loss and poling efficiency are also analyzed and conditions for low-loss and high poling efficiency established. The bowtie antenna is simulated and shows a broadband response with a maximum at 5 GHz and a 3 dB-bandwidth of approximately 12 GHz. A fiber splicing technique is presented that reduces coupling loss between SMF-28 and the waveguide. Experimental results for a fabricated device with microwave-response between 10-14 GHz are shown with carrier to first sideband intensity difference of up to -36 dB.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	6787019
Pages (from-to)	3861-3867
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Lightwave Technology
Volume	32
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2014.2316672
State	Published - Oct 15 2014

Keywords

Electrooptic modulators
microwave receivers
optical polymers
optical waveguides

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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Herrera, O. D., Kim, K. J., Voorakaranam, R., Himmelhuber, R., Wang, S., Demir, V., Zhan, Q., Li, L., Norwood, R. A., Nelson, R. L., Luo, J., Jen, A. K. Y., & Peyghambarian, N. (2014). Silica/electro-optic polymer optical modulator with integrated antenna for microwave receiving. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 32(20), 3861-3867. Article 6787019. https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2014.2316672

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Silica/electro-optic polymer optical modulator with integrated antenna for microwave receiving

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