TY - JOUR
T1 - Polysilane/polysilazane composite
T2 - Novel material for optical waveguides and its application to mode-conversion filters
AU - Mataki, Hiroshi
AU - Yamaki, Shigeru
AU - Fujiki, Tsuyoshi
AU - Kawasaki, Shin Ichi
AU - Tanabe, Nobuyasu
AU - Okayama, Hideaki
AU - Nakajima, Hirochika
PY - 2004/8
Y1 - 2004/8
N2 - Polysilane/polysilazane (PS/PSz) composite is proposed as a novel material for optical waveguides. A refractive index change, as large as about 4.5%, can be induced and automatically built in only by UV exposure without etching and/ or development due to a photochemical reaction, generally known as "photobleaching". To verify the practical performance of the PS/PSz composite for photonic devices with refractive-index-modulated structures, we fabricated optical waveguide mode-conversion filters using polymethylphenylsilane (PMPS)/perhydropolysilazane (PHPSz) composite, and successfully demonstrated its operation in both visible (633 nm) and infrared (1310nm) wavelength ranges. The result shows that the PS/ PSz composite is a promising candidate not only for optical waveguide devices such as those used in CWDM applications, but also for optical interconnections.
AB - Polysilane/polysilazane (PS/PSz) composite is proposed as a novel material for optical waveguides. A refractive index change, as large as about 4.5%, can be induced and automatically built in only by UV exposure without etching and/ or development due to a photochemical reaction, generally known as "photobleaching". To verify the practical performance of the PS/PSz composite for photonic devices with refractive-index-modulated structures, we fabricated optical waveguide mode-conversion filters using polymethylphenylsilane (PMPS)/perhydropolysilazane (PHPSz) composite, and successfully demonstrated its operation in both visible (633 nm) and infrared (1310nm) wavelength ranges. The result shows that the PS/ PSz composite is a promising candidate not only for optical waveguide devices such as those used in CWDM applications, but also for optical interconnections.
KW - Optical waveguide
KW - Photobleaching
KW - Polysilane
KW - Polysilazane
KW - Wavelength filter
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U2 - 10.1143/JJAP.43.5857
DO - 10.1143/JJAP.43.5857
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:7544238849
SN - 0021-4922
VL - 43
SP - 5857
EP - 5861
JO - Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers & Short Notes
JF - Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers & Short Notes
IS - 8 B
ER -