Abstract: A polyamic ester (PAE) film, which shows an electro-optic (EO) and nonlinear optical (NLO) properties without a poling process, is prepared. The chromophore in the film seems to be slightly oriented normally to the film surface (transverse magnetic field (TM) direction even though the polymer solution is spin-coated. This is due to the nano-configuration structure of PAE controlled by introducing a designed chemical structure into the monomeric repeating unit of PAE. Manufacturing the relating devices can be simplified by using the self-poled polymer film as a polymer waveguide. Additionally, the EO property of the film is thermodynamically stable.

Abstract: Provided are an opto-electric bus module and a method of manufacturing the opto-electric bus module. The opto-electric bus module includes an opto-electric interconnection unit where a concave-shaped micro structure is formed on a lower surface of a polymer structure and an optical bench where a convex-shaped micro structure is formed in a position corresponding to the concave-shaped micro structure, at least one second electric interconnection for electric connection with a semiconductor chip is formed, and the semiconductor chip and an opto-electric device can be mounted. Thus, automatic, efficient, high-speed, and high-integration optical communication and electric communication between multi-chips can be completed at the same time by using the opto-bus module which provides low-speed electric communication while manually maintaining solid optical coupling.

Abstract: An opto-electronic connector module includes an optical waveguide portion including an optical waveguide in which an optical signal is transmitted, and a connector portion coupled to the optical waveguide portion, fixing the optical waveguide portion on a PCB on which a semiconductor chip portion having an opto-electronic device and a semiconductor chip is surface-mounted, and having a first coupling portion having a convex or concave structure formed in a lower portion thereof. The first coupling portion of the connector portion is coupled to a second coupling portion having a concave or convex structure formed on an upper surface of the PCB.

Abstract: Provided is an optical waveguide device including: a core having a stacked structure of at least three layers in which first thin films having a finite width and thickness and formed of a material having a relatively high electric conductivity and a second thin film having the same width as the first thin films and formed of a material having a lower conductivity than the material forming the first thin films are stacked in sequence, the first thin films being disposed in a first layer and an uppermost layer and adjacent to each other for interaction of surface plasmons; and a clad disposed around the core and formed of a material having a lower conductivity than the material forming the first thin films and a higher refractive index than the material forming the second thin film.

Abstract: Provided is a tunable waveguide Bragg grating device, which includes: a waveguide through which incident light can travel; a Bragg grating formed in at least one region of the waveguide; and at least one thermal tuning unit formed at a position displaced from the central line of a waveguide core along the length direction of the waveguide core. Accordingly, it is possible to tune a reflection wavelength band and a group delay characteristic of the waveguide Bragg grating device in a variety of ways. It is also possible to manufacture a multiple channel tunable waveguide Bragg grating device with ease by applying an array arrangement, which is advantageous in constructing an integrated optical module.

Abstract: Organic dye molecular materials prepared by coupling existing organic chromophore molecules to benzene or carbazole derivatives and nonlinear optical polymer compounds having polyimide repeating units coupled with the organic dye molecular material are provided. The organic dye molecular material coupled to a polymer main chain in the preparation of the nonlinear optical compound has the following: where X1 is carbon oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen, ester (CO2), or amide (CONR1), where R1 is an alky or phenyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, D is an organic chromophore molecule, and n is an integer from 1 to 10.

Abstract: Organic dye molecular materials prepared by coupling existing organic chromophore molecules to benzene or carbazole derivatives and nonlinear optical polymeric compounds having polyimide repeating units coupled with the organic dye molecular material are provided. The organic dye molecular material coupled to a polymer main chain in the preparation of the nonlinear optical polymeric compound has the following formula: where X1 is carbon, oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen, ester (CO2), or amide (CONR1), where R1 is an alky or phenyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, D is an organic chromophore molecule, and n is an integer from 1 to 10.

Abstract: Provided are an optoelectric printed circuit board (PCB) including an optoelectric transmission metal track and a dielectric layer, an optoelectric transmission method using the optoelectric PCB, and a method of manufacturing the optoelectric PCB. The optoelectric transmission method includes injecting light and electricity to the optoelectric PCB including at least one optoelectric transmission metal track and a dielectric layer contacting the optoelectric transmission metal track. The injected light and electricity are transmitted through the optoelectric PCB. The transmitted light and electricity are emitted from the optoelectric PCB.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-linear optical material having a dendrimer structure; and, more particularly, to a non-linear optical material having organic chromophores at the ends and formed based on ester linkages and/or ether linkages. Since the non-linear optical material of the present invention is formed based on ester linkages and/or ether linkages, it is very stable. Also, because it is a dendrimer structure, it has the properties of a polymer while having a strong connection ability at the ends, and this makes the non-linear optical material easily adopt organic chromophores easily. As it is stable thermally and optically, it can be applied to optical communication usefully.

Abstract: An organic-inorganic hybrid nanocomposite thin film for a high-powered and/or broadband photonic device having an organic ligand-coordinated semiconductor quantum dot layer, a photonic device having the same, and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The organic-inorganic hybrid nanocomposite thin film is composed of a stack structure comprising a polymer layer and an organic ligand-coordinated semiconductor quantum dot layer self-assembled on the polymer layer, or composed of a first composite thin film comprising a first polymer layer pattern having a first hole, and an organic ligand-coordinated first semiconductor quantum dot layer pattern filling the first hole. The organic-inorganic hybrid nanocomposite thin film may be formed by spin-coating a semiconductor quantum dot solution and a polymer solution alternately to be stacked by one layer so as to form a multi-layered organic thin film composed of a plurality of layers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer material having electro optic and nonlinear optical properties suitable for manufacturing a device using the electro optic and nonlinear optical properties. More particularly, the present invention relates to a polymer material having excellent electro optic properties and optical nonlinearities, maintaining the properties under the manufacturing conditions of high temperature, and having physical, chemical, and optical stabilities by introducing an organic chromophore as a side chain of the polymer so that the polymer material can be suitable for manufacturing an electro optic and nonlinear optical device, to a film manufactured from the polymer material, and to a method of manufacturing the polymer material.

Abstract: A polyamic ester (PAE) film, which shows an electro-optic (EO) and nonlinear optical (NLO) properties without a poling process, is prepared. The chromophore in the film seems to be slightly oriented normally to the film surface (transverse magnetic field (TM) direction even though the polymer solution is spin-coated. This is due to the nano-configuration structure of PAE controlled by introducing a designed chemical structure into the monomeric repeating unit of PAE. Manufacturing the relating devices can be simplified by using the self-poled polymer film as a polymer waveguide. Additionally, the EO property of the film is thermodynamically stable.

Abstract: Provided is a polymeric optical device comprising a substrate, a lower cladding layer formed on the substrate, at least one core layer pattern formed on a predetermined region of the lower cladding layer and an upper cladding layer having at least two sub-upper cladding layers and formed on the lower cladding layer in which the core layer pattern is formed, and a method of fabricating the same, whereby birefringence of a polymeric optical device could be improved and polarization dependence could be reduced by adjusting the thickness of the sub-upper cladding layer and the number of stacks thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the polarization-independent optical polymeric intensity modulator independent of input signal using polymers with electro-optical property. To use the electro-optical property for electro-optical polymer, polymers must be poled by applying high voltage to the waveguide. The size of phase modulation caused by such an poling varies from the biggest value at polarization parallel to the poling to the smallest value at polarization perpendicular to the poling. Therefore, the performance of the electro-optical polymeric intensity modulator depends on the polarization state of input light. The present invention provides the polarization-independent optical polymeric intensity modulator capable of modulating the optical intensity without regard to the polarization of the input signal by making the polarizing directions of two optical paths of M-Z interferometer perpendicular each other.

Abstract: In a wavelength converter using a nonlinear polymeric waveguide, a wavelength variable wavelength converter having a nonlinear polymeric waveguide in which insertion losses are minimized and wavelength conversion efficiencies are improved, and an optical device using the wavelength converter are provided. The wavelength converter for converting the wavelength of inputted light includes a semiconductor substrate, a first electrode formed on the semiconductor substrate, a lower cladding layer formed on the first electrode, a core layer formed on the lower cladding layer and formed of nonlinear polymer by which the wavelength of light is substantially converted by the inputted light, an upper cladding layer formed on the core layer, and a second electrode formed on the upper cladding layer, which tunes center wavelengths of the conversion by adjusting the refractive index of the core layer.

Abstract: A host-guest polymer system including a polymer with an isoimide group and an organic chromophore and capable of converting into a side-chain polymer system, a side-chain nonlinear optical polymer derived from the host-guest polymer system, and a method for synthesizing the side-chain nonlinear optical polymer are provided. The method for synthesizing the side-chain nonlinear optical polymer involves forming a nonlinear optical polymer film based on a host-guest system in which an organic chromophore having a reactive group capable of nucleophilic reaction with an isoimide group is dispersed in a matrix including a polymer with the isoimide group having the following formula: Next, the nonlinear optical film is poled at a first temperature in an electric field; and the organic chromophore is reacted with the polymer while poling at a second temperature which is higher than the first temperature, to synthesize the side-chain nonlinear optical polymer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-linear optical material having a dendrimer structure; and, more particularly, to a non-linear optical material having organic chromophores at the ends and formed based on ester linkages and/or ether linkages. Since the non-linear optical material of the present invention is formed based on ester linkages and/or ether linkages, it is very stable. Also, because it is a dendrimer structure, it has the properties of a polymer while having a strong connection ability at the ends, and this makes the non-linear optical material easily adopt organic chromophores easily. As it is stable thermally and optically, it can be applied to optical communication usefully.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer optical waveguide device using electrooptic effect. A polymer optical waveguide device has Mach-Zehnder interference system structure of dividing a path of a light applied to one optical waveguide into two paths, making the light travel through two optical waveguides, and combining the two optical waveguides into one optical waveguide. A heater is formed on branched one optical waveguide or two optical waveguides. Current is applied to the heater to change the index of refraction of the waveguides so that the bias of the optical device is controlled. The device of the present invention does not affected by the electric characteristic of the polymer but the reliability of the device operation can be improved.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer material having electro optic and nonlinear optical properties suitable for manufacturing a device using the electro optic and nonlinear optical properties. More particularly, the present invention relates to a polymer material having excellent electro optic properties and optical nonlinearities, maintaining the properties under the manufacturing conditions of high temperature, and having physical, chemical, and optical stabilities by introducing an organic chromophore as a side chain of the polymer so that the polymer material can be suitable for manufacturing an electro optic and nonlinear optical device, to a film manufactured from the polymer material, and to a method of manufacturing the polymer material.

Abstract: Provided is a polymeric optical device comprising a substrate, a lower cladding layer formed on the substrate, at least one core layer pattern formed on a predetermined region of the lower cladding layer and an upper cladding layer having at least two sub-upper cladding layers and formed on the lower cladding layer in which the core layer pattern is formed, and a method of fabricating the same, whereby birefringence of a polymeric optical device could be improved and polarization dependence could be reduced by adjusting the thickness of the sub-upper cladding layer and the number of stacks thereof.