Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol.53, No.5, 677-685, 1994
Silicon Phthalocyanine Methyl-Methacrylate Copolymer Slab Directional-Couplers for All-Optical Switching
Slab waveguide directional couplers were fabricated from the third-order nonlinear optical Polymer silicon phthalocyanine/methyl methacrylate 2/98 copolymer as the active material and poly(methyl methacrylate) as the cladding layer. The monomethacrylate copolymer was synthesized, device fabrication conditions determined, and five-layer slab directional couplers fabricated. Completed couplers demonstrated waveguide loss on the order of 5 dB/cm and coupling lengths of 0.5 mm at 1.29 mum. These vertically coupled devices may be useful for all-optical switching.