Abstract

Electro-optic polymers provide an interesting alternative to bulk materials such as Lithium Niobate for a range of applications encompassing electro-optic modulators, switches, or directional couplers. The ability of polymers to be spin-coated on semiconductor substrates and their compatibility with such processing techniques as photolithography or reactive ion etching, now classically used in III-V semiconductor-based optoelectronics, provide a relevant technological background towards their integration in optronic circuits.

© 1994 IEEE