Abstract

The Fabry–Perot interferometer is a high-resolution spectroscopy tool that has many applications. Using inorganic electro-optic materials in Fabry-Perot cavities various potential applications have been demonstrated. Organic electro-optic materials have many potential applications in photonics. In particular, organic single crystal electro-optic materials have very large electro-optic coefficients and high figures of merit for various applications. By use of the modified shear method, large-area (~1 cm²) single cyrstal films of specific organic electro-optic materials have been prepared. In this work, single crystal films of [N-(4-Nitrophenyl)-L-Prolinol] (NPP) have been used in the Fabry–Perot geometry to demonstrate electro-optic modulation.

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