Nanocomposite with very large electro-optic effect and widely tunable refractive index

Qin Chen; Minren Lin; Jonathan E. Lee; Qiming Zhang; Shizhuo Yin

doi:10.1557/proc-0949-c02-04

Nanocomposite with very large electro-optic effect and widely tunable refractive index

Qin Chen, Minren Lin, Jonathan E. Lee, Qiming Zhang, Shizhuo Yin

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Very large electro-optic effect has been observed in relaxor ferroelectric poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene-chlorofluoroethylene) ( P(VDF-TrFE-CFE) ) terpolymer. By adding small amount of zinc sulfide (ZnS) nanoparticles, the refractive index of the nanocomposites can be tuned between about 1.4 and 1.5 while retaining large electro-optic effect and high transparency. Tunable long-period fiber gratings have been fabricated with the nanocomposite as the second cladding, and over 50nm of resonant wavelength shift has been achieved under a change of electric field of 30V/μm, which is much larger than other reported E-O tuning ranges. This corresponds to a pure refractive index change of the nanocomposite of An/n ∼ 0.4%.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Smart Dielectric Polymer Properties, Characterization and Their Devices
Publisher	Materials Research Society
Pages	1-6
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	9781604234053
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1557/proc-0949-c02-04
State	Published - 2006
Event	2006 MRS Fall Meeting - Boston, MA, United States Duration: Nov 27 2006 → Dec 1 2006

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Name	Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
Volume	949
ISSN (Print)	0272-9172

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Other	2006 MRS Fall Meeting
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boston, MA
Period	11/27/06 → 12/1/06

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General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

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Chen, Q, Lin, M, Lee, JE, Zhang, Q & Yin, S 2006, Nanocomposite with very large electro-optic effect and widely tunable refractive index. in Smart Dielectric Polymer Properties, Characterization and Their Devices. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, vol. 949, Materials Research Society, pp. 1-6, 2006 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, United States, 11/27/06. https://doi.org/10.1557/proc-0949-c02-04

Nanocomposite with very large electro-optic effect and widely tunable refractive index. / Chen, Qin; Lin, Minren; Lee, Jonathan E. et al.
Smart Dielectric Polymer Properties, Characterization and Their Devices. Materials Research Society, 2006. p. 1-6 (Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings; Vol. 949).

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