Fine Tuning of Wavevector Conservation in Guided Wave Devices by Photobleaching

S. Aramaki, G. Assanto, and G. I. Stegeman

Electron. Lett. 26, 1300-1301 (1990)

Abstract:

A new principle for optimizing wavevector conservation and phase matching in organic based guided wave devices is proposed and demonstrated. Fine tuning of grating coupling into a poly-4BCMU waveguide is demonstrated using controlled changes in the refractive index by photobleaching.