authors |
Vicente, CMS; Lima, PP; Bermudez, VD; Carlos, LD; Andre, PS; Ferreira, RAS |
editors |
Jaworski, M; Marciniak, M |
nationality |
International |
journal |
2014 16TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TRANSPARENT OPTICAL NETWORKS (ICTON) |
author keywords |
integrated optics; organic-inorganic hybrids; polarization; thermo-optic effect; tunable wave plate |
keywords |
DEVICES |
abstract |
In this work, we report an integrated tunable wave-plate based on thermo-optic (TO) effect on a waveguide patterned by direct UV laser writing on films of organic-inorganic hybrid materials. The temperature of the waveguide was tuned inducing phase retardation between transverse electric and transverse magnetic modes. The TO coefficient of the planar waveguide is (-4.9 +/- 0.3) x10(-4) degrees C-1 at 1550 nm. A maximum phase retardation of 77 degrees was achieved for a temperature variation of 5 degrees C, with a power consumption of 435 mW. The transformations of the state of polarization between linear and circular were visualized on the Poincare sphere. |
publisher |
IEEE |
issn |
2162-7339 |
isbn |
978-1-4799-5601-2 |
year published |
2014 |
web of science category |
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Telecommunications |
subject category |
Engineering; Telecommunications |
unique article identifier |
WOS:000346516400182
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