Abstract

Electro-optic polymer films are interesting materials for their potential application in electro-optic switch and modulator, and significant progress in device design has been reported recently. Among many interesting properties, the major attraction of electro-optic polymer materials is their large electro-optic coefficients. Furthermore, as reported before, one of the important requirements in photonic device fabrication is the stability of the electro-optic response of the poled polymer materials. The intrinsic low dielectric constant, ease of processing into thin film, and compatibility with microelectronic process are the other major advantages of the organic polymer materials. Doped polymer films with high glass transition temperature Tg are promising in this respect.

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