Scale-up and Optimization of High-Performance Organic Electro-Optic Material Systems for Photonic Device Applications

ABSTRACT: In this project, Soluxra, LLC will team up with Prof. Alex Jen at the University of Washington to streamline the scale-up synthesis for highly efficient organic electro-optic (EO) material systems, and optimize their processing conditions to ensure device end-users will get high EO activity (Pockels coefficient>200 pm/V). The design of these materials will leverage the recent remarkable progress made on developing organic EO materials and their prototype devices. These highly efficient EO material systems will be routinely produced in sufficient quantities (10-100 grams) to demonstrate their synthetic scalability and reproducibility. The development of these material systems will become the key enabling element in driving the rapid deployment of high-performance photonic devices for military and commercial applications. BENEFIT: Soluxra's proprietary technology, based on highly active organic electro-optic materials, will be benefited by this program strengthening the company"s capability in scale-up production of these materials so the company can drive a fast paced, systematic development of high-performance photonic devices. These material systems will provide a new paradigm for the development of high-bandwidth, small-footprint, and low-energy consumption hybrid EO devices for telecom, datacom, and sensing applications.