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
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