Expand this Topic clickable element to expand a topic
Skip to content
Optica Publishing Group
  • Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference
  • OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1989),
  • paper MDD3

New polymers for second-order nonlinear optics

Not Accessible

Your library or personal account may give you access

Abstract

Materials exhibiting highly nonlinear optical (NLO) characteristics are currently the focus of intense scientific and technological interest. While such materials have traditionally been inorganic substances (e.g., KDP, KTP, LiNbO3), growing evidence now indicates that optical materials composed of organic π-electron chromophores hold considerable promise. In particular, polymeric NLO materials of this type would be ideally suited as the active components of numerous guided wave and integrated optics devices. The advantages of such materials include the structure/ performance tailorability inherent in organic polymeric structures and ease of processing to fabricate thin films, fibers, waveguide structures, etc. Glassy polymer systems would offer in addition high optical quality, low dielectric constants and dielectric loss, and a large synthesis/processing information base.

© 1989 Optical Society of America

PDF Article
More Like This
New Polymers for Second-Order Nonlinear Optics

G. Lindsay, J. Stenger-Smith, A. Chafin, R. Hollins, L. Merwin, R. Yee, R. Nissan, M. Nadler, R. Henry, K. Wynne, P. Ashley, L. Hayden, and W. Herman
TuD.2 Organic Thin Films for Photonic Applications (OTF) 1995

New Side-Chain Polymers for Second-Order Nonlinear Optics

Douglas R. Robello, Jay S. Schildkraut, and Craig S. Willand
FB.1 Organic Thin Films for Photonic Applications (OTF) 1993

New polymers for nonlinear optics

Manabu Kishimoto, Dechun Zou, and Iwao Seo
MD4 Nonlinear Guided-Wave Phenomena (NP) 1991

Select as filters


Select Topics Cancel
© Copyright 2024 | Optica Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved