Aerosol deposition on transparent electro-optic films for optical modulators

Masafumi Nakada; Hiroki Tsuda; Keishi Ohashi; Jun Akedo

doi:10.1093/ietele/e90-c.1.36

Aerosol deposition on transparent electro-optic films for optical modulators

Masafumi Nakada^*, Hiroki Tsuda, Keishi Ohashi, Jun Akedo

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Abstract

Complex thin oxide films with electro-optic (EO) properties are promising for use in advanced optical devices because of their large EO effect. We developed a method of aerosol deposition (AD) for fabricating EO films. The mechanism for AD is based on the solidification by impact of submicron particles onto a substrate. Since particles in AD films preserve their crystalline structure during the formation of film, epitaxial growth is not necessary for exhibiting the EO effect. Highly transparent Pb(Zr, Ti)O₃ films, which have acceptable transmittance loss for use as optical devices, were directly deposited on glass substrates by AD. We found the Pb(Zr, Ti)O ₃ film by AD produced a fairly high EO coefficient ( 150 pm/V), approximately 10 times larger than that of LiNbO₃. A Fabry-Perot (FP) optical modulator was developed with EO films fabricated by AD. We demonstrated the modulation of optical intensity with an electrical field applied to an EO film made of ferroelectric Pb (Zr, Ti)O₃.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	36-40
Number of pages	5
Journal	IEICE Transactions on Electronics
Volume	E90-C
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/ietele/e90-c.1.36
Publication status	Published - 2007 Jan
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Aerosol deposition
Electro-optic
Film deposition method
Optical modulator

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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