A new principle for optimising 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.
Inspec keywords: optical waveguides; integrated optics; tuning; optical saturable absorption
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Subjects: Integrated optics; Nonlinear optics and devices; Optical transient phenomena, self-induced transparency, optical saturation and related effects; Optical waveguides and couplers; Integrated optics; Optical waveguides
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