Polymeric waveguide prism-based electro-optic beam deflector

Beam steering devices without moving parts are highly desir- able for their potential application in emerging optical technologies such as holographic optical storage systems, all optical networks, and optical switches. We demonstrate a thin-film waveguide beam deflector device that consists of an electro-optic prism array within a polymer waveguide. An electrode structure defines the prism array within the planar wave- guide. The deflection efficiency of 28 mrad/kV and the maximum deflec- tion angle of 68.4 mrad at 6300 V are obtained for this demonstration device. Further optimization of electrode-field poling and processing is likely to improve these results by at least an order of magnitude. © 2001

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