Abstract
A sensitivity enhancement method for an external electro-optic (EO) probing system using a poled polymer as an EO sensor is proposed. A pumping laser, which induces the photo-isomerization effect in a prepoled EO polymer, and a tunable probing laser, which induces Fabry-Pérot effect, are combined to enhance the polymer EO sensor sensitivity. Results of an experiment with an EO sensor made of Disperse Red 1 poly(methy1 methacrylate) that demonstrates this combined effect are reported.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 073110 |
| Journal | Review of Scientific Instruments |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue number | 7 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2013 Jul |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Instrumentation