Dendrimer based electro-optic sensor
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1. An electro-optic sensor, comprising:
- a waveguide; and
the waveguide having a dendrimer core that has an enhanced electro-optic coefficient and magnetic susceptibility resulting from poling induced dipole orientation and the waveguide having at least one dendrimer cladding layer,wherein a refractive index of the at least one dendrimer cladding layer is lower than a refractive index of the dendrimer core, andwherein the sensor is configured to receive terahertz rays of a specimen for image interrogation.
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Abstract
A high efficiency electro-optic dendrimer based technology for nanophotonic integrated circuit devices is presented. In particular, an electro-optic waveguide dendrimer for electro-optic sensor applications is implemented. A terahertz system for detecting and imaging objects is implemented using electro-optic dendrimer based terahertz emitters and probing sensors.
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1. An electro-optic sensor, comprising:
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a waveguide; and the waveguide having a dendrimer core that has an enhanced electro-optic coefficient and magnetic susceptibility resulting from poling induced dipole orientation and the waveguide having at least one dendrimer cladding layer, wherein a refractive index of the at least one dendrimer cladding layer is lower than a refractive index of the dendrimer core, and wherein the sensor is configured to receive terahertz rays of a specimen for image interrogation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An imaging system for an object, comprising:
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a terahertz emitter having a functionalized dendrimer for generating terahertz radiation at a high pump-terahertz conversion efficiency and high power, wherein the terahertz radiation is directed at the object; a sensor having a functionalized dendrimer core that has an enhanced electrooptic coefficient and magnetic susceptibility resulting from poling induced dipole orientation, wherein a terahertz image generated of the object is imaged by the sensor, and the sensor having a dendrimer cladding layer, wherein a refractive index of the dendrimer cladding layer is lower than that of the dendrimer core. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A nanophotonic integrated circuit sensor for detecting objects, comprising:
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at least one modulator having a dendrimer core and a dendrimer cladding layer; and at least one antenna feed, wherein the antenna feed provides collected electromagnetic radiation from the objects to the modulator, the collected electromagnetic radiation serving as the modulating excitation to the modulator, wherein modulated signals are representative signatures for the objects. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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