Abstract
New nonlinear-optical materials for electro-optic and all-optical signal processing applications have been investigated. Inorganic glassy materials are good candidates because of their high transparency and high chemical and thermal stabilities.1 In general, the optical nonlinearity of glasses are small. However, glass is potentially useful as a matrix for organic compounds with high optical nonlinearities. Recent developments of the sol-gel process in glass preparation have made it possible to introduce thermally dissociative compounds into a glassy matrix.2 This is the first report of experimental results on nonlinear-optical phenomena for the organic-inorganic materials prepared by the sol-gel method.
© 1991 Optical Society of America
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