Chinese Optics Letters, 2018, 16 (2): 020003, Published Online: Jul. 16, 2018
All-optical modulator based on MoS2-PVA thin film
230.1150 All-optical devices 160.4330 Nonlinear optical materials 130.4815 Optical switching devices
Abstract
The all-optical approach plays an important role in ultrafast all-optical signal processing, and the all-fiber scheme has a wide application in optical communications. In this letter, we investigate an all-optical modulator using few-layer molybdenum disulfide (MoS 2 )-polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) thin films based on the thermo-optic effect and obtain a long-time stable modulated output by applying polarization interference. By absorbing the injected 980 nm pump (control light), MoS 2 generates heat, changes the refractive index of MoS 2 , and modulates the polarization of light. The obtained thermal all-optical modulator has a rise time of 526 μs.
Yifang Wang, Kan Wu, Jianping Chen. All-optical modulator based on MoS2-PVA thin film[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2018, 16(2): 020003.