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From Ferroelectrics to Polymers - Perspectives for Thin Film Optical Waveguides and Devices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Christoph Buchal
Christoph Buchal*
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Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, ISI-IT, D-52425 Juelich, Germany, c.buchal@fz-juelich.de
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Abstract

Presently commercial optical fiber links experience an explosive growth. On the other hand, the integration of optical functions on a single substrate (“Integrated Optical Device”) is still mostly limited to the R & D-laboratories. Only Mach-Zehnder modulators, made from ferroelectric crystals, have found commercial applications so far. The development phase of the integrated optical devices, based on bulk crystalline LiNbO3, is now covering a time span of nearly 30 years. In comparison, the development of the thin film growth of optical oxide ferroelectrics or of tailored optical polymers is just a few years old and we are still at the beginning of the learning curve.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 597: Symposium PP – Thin Films for Optical Waveguide Devices & Materials … , 1999 , 133
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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