Hybrid electro-optic polymer modulators and biophotonic sensors based on sol-gel silica waveguides

摘要

We demonstrated hybrid electro-optic (EO) polymer modulators and biophotonic sensors based on a sol-gel silica waveguide. Photostable EO polymers were recently employed for the novel directional coupler modulators and multilayer slot waveguide modulators for ultra-low half wave voltage. We also briefly mention a biophotonic waveguide sensor using living protein in the sol-gel silica waveguide.