申请人:National Institute of Information and
Communications Technology
公开号:EP3748420A1
公开(公告)日:2020-12-09
The present invention provides an electro-optic polymer (EO polymer) comprising an electro-optic molecule (EO molecule) and a base polymer, the EO molecule having a structure in which a π-electron donor and a π-electron acceptor are conjugated via a π-conjugation bridge, the EO polymer having an electro-optic coefficient (EO coefficient) of 30 pm/V or more and a figure of merit (FOM) of 10 × 10-6 cm/dBV or more in an entire optical communication wavelength range of 1260 nm to 1625 nm, the FOM being defined by the following formula: FOM=n3ramaxλ10−6cm/dBV wherein n indicates a refractive index, r indicates an EO coefficient, amax indicates a maximum absorption coefficient in a wavelength range of interest, and λ indicates a wavelength.
The EO polymer of the present invention has good performance over the entire optical communication wavelength range and therefore can preferably be used for the production of optical modulators, optical switches, optical transceivers, optical phased arrays, LiDAR (light detection and ranging) devices, electric field sensors, terahertz wave generators and detectors, etc.
本发明提供了一种电光聚合物(EO 聚合物),该聚合物由电光分子(EO 分子)和基体聚合物组成,EO 分子具有π电子供体和π电子受体通过π共轭桥共轭的结构、在 1260 纳米至 1625 纳米的整个光通信波长范围内,EO 聚合物的电光系数(EO 系数)达到或超过 30 pm/V,优点系数(FOM)达到或超过 10 × 10-6 cm/dBV,FOM 由下式定义:FOM=n3ramaxλ10-6cm/dBV 其中,n 表示折射率,r 表示环氧乙烷系数,amax 表示相关波长范围内的最大吸收系数,λ 表示波长。
本发明的环氧乙烷聚合物在整个光通信波长范围内都具有良好的性能,因此可优先用于生产光调制器、光开关、光收发器、光相控阵、LiDAR(光探测和测距)装置、电场传感器、太赫兹波发生器和探测器等。