Abstract
Spatial light modulators (SLMs) are important for various applications in photonics, such as near-infrared imaging, beam steering and optical communication. After decades of advances, current commercial devices are typically limited to kilohertz modulating speeds. To realize higher operating speeds, an electro-optic (EO) polymer and silicon nitride hybrid SLM has been demonstrated in this work. We utilize a specially designed metasurface to support a relatively high quality resonance and simultaneously confine most of the incident light in the active EO polymer layer. Combing with the high EO coefficient of the polymer, a clear modulation at 10 MHz with a driving voltage of Vp-p=±10 V has been observed in the proof-of-concept device. Our first-generation device leaves vast room for further improvement and may open an attractive route towards compact SLM with an RF modulation higher than 100 GHz.
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