New polymers with large and stable second-order nonlinear optical effects

Mai Chen; Luping Yu; Larry Raymond Dalton; Yongqiang Shi; William H. Steier

doi:10.1117/12.43578

1 June 1991 New polymers with large and stable second-order nonlinear optical effects

Mai Chen, Luping Yu, Larry Raymond Dalton, Yongqiang Shi, William H. Steier

Proceedings Volume 1409, Nonlinear Optics II; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.43578
Event: Optics, Electro-Optics, and Laser Applications in Science and Engineering, 1991, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

Second order nonlinear optical (NLO) polymers containing NLO moieties with large optical nonlinearities and a cross-linkable unit have been synthesized using difunctionalized disperse red dye. The enhanced second order NLO coefficients, X exp (2) of 250 pm/v for the first polymer and 500 pm/v for the second, were obtained at 532 nm using the corona poling method. The introduction of flexible chains into the polymer backbone is found to cause a decrease in glass transition temperature and, hence, a decrease in the stability of the second-order NLO effects.

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Mai Chen, Luping Yu, Larry Raymond Dalton, Yongqiang Shi, and William H. Steier "New polymers with large and stable second-order nonlinear optical effects", Proc. SPIE 1409, Nonlinear Optics II, (1 June 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.43578

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