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The sampling of high-frequency signals using poled electro-optic polymer films as electro-optic probe tips has been demonstrated for the first time. The electro-optic polymer, which was spin coated onto a high-reflectivity glass substrate, was corona poled; thus an asymmetric Fabry–Perot microcavity was formed, based on the difference between the polymer reflectivity and that of high-reflectivity glass. This converts phase modulation to amplitude modulation, so only one laser beam is needed in this system. The sampling technique has been analyzed by multiple reflection and index ellipsoid methods. A 1.2 GHz microwave signal propagating on a coplanar waveguide transmission line has been sampled, and a voltage sensitivity of about 0.5 mV/\(\sqrt\Box Hz\Box \) was obtained.
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Received: 16 August 2001 / Revised version: 20 November 2001 / Published online: 14 March 2002
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Chen, K., Yang, H., Zhang, H. et al. Sampling high-frequency signals using a poled-polymer asymmetric Fabry–Perot microcavity as an electro-optic probe tip . Appl Phys B 74, 363–366 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400100787
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400100787