[Composants à base de polymères électro-optiques pour les télécommunications optiques]
Les composants à base de polymères pour l'optique intégrée sont particulièrement intéressants pour les systèmes de télécommunications en particulier par leur procédé de fabrication simplifié et à bas coût. Leur grande bande passante résulte en partie de leur faible constante diélectrique ainsi que d'une dispersion très réduite depuis les signaux continus jusqu'aux fréquences optiques. Nous détaillons tout d'abord les étapes de modélisation concernant de façon conjointe les aspects optiques et électriques. Le procédé de fabrication de ces composants est exposé dans une seconde partie. Enfin, des résultats originaux seront présentés concernant un modulateur insensible à la polarisation, un commutateur intégrant une jonction en X asymétrique ainsi qu'un convertisseur optique hyperfréquence utilisant les propriétés non linéaires de génération de différence de fréquences.
Electro-optic polymer waveguide devices are very attractive for optical communication systems, because of their potentially simple and low-cost fabrication procedure. High bandwidth devices are enabled by the low dielectric constant of polymers with negligible dispersion from DC to optical frequencies. We first detail the modelization steps relating to the optical and electrical aspects of devices. We then outline the different steps of the fabrication process of electro-optic polymer based devices. By way of illustrating these considerations, we present some original realizations namely polarization insensitive modulators, switching devices using an asymetric X coupler and optic to RF converters based on difference frequency mixing.
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Mot clés : polymères électro-optiques, optique intégrée, composants, télécommunications optiques
Patrick Labbé 1, 2 ; Ariela Donval 1 ; R. Hierle 1 ; Eric Toussaere 1 ; Joseph Zyss 1
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title = {Electro-optic polymer based devices and technology for optical telecommunication},
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Patrick Labbé; Ariela Donval; R. Hierle; Eric Toussaere; Joseph Zyss. Electro-optic polymer based devices and technology for optical telecommunication. Comptes Rendus. Physique, Volume 3 (2002) no. 4, pp. 543-554. doi : 10.1016/S1631-0705(02)01334-8. https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/physique/articles/10.1016/S1631-0705(02)01334-8/
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