Photo-Stability Measurement of Electro-Optic Polymer Waveguides With High Intensity at 1550-nm Wavelength

Photo-stability measurements of electro-optic polymer inverted ridge waveguides, fabricated from AJ-CKL1, AJ416 and LPD-80, are conducted up to 30, 100, and 100 mW of input power coupled into the waveguides respectively. These experiments are performed in a N
₂
atmosphere to exclude absorbed O
₂
. AJ416 and LPD-80 are found to be stable up to at least 1 MW/cm
²
at 1550 nm. In contrast, photo-degradation was observed in an ambient atmosphere with 1 mW (LPD-80) and 10 mW (AJ-CKL1) coupled into the waveguides.