Nonlinear properties of poled-polymer films: SHG and electro-optic measurements

D. Morichere; Michel L. Dumont; Yves Levy; Gregory Gadret; Francois Kajzar

doi:10.1117/12.50719

1 December 1991 Nonlinear properties of poled-polymer films: SHG and electro-optic measurements

D. Morichere, Michel L. Dumont, Yves Levy, Gregory Gadret, Francois Kajzar

Proceedings Volume 1560, Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic Materials IV; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.50719
Event: San Diego, '91, 1991, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Poled polymer thin films are studied by SHG, THG, and ATR experiments. The ATR method is used for determining the linear and quadratic electro-optic (chi) (2) (-(omega) ; 0, (omega) ) and (chi) (3) (-(omega) ; 0, 0, (omega) ) coefficients. The part due to the piezoelectricity and electrostriction is characterized and it is shown that in some cases the mechanical strains are more important than the direct electro-optic effect. From SHG experiments, the degree of orientation linked to the (chi) (2) (-2 (omega) ; (omega) , (omega) ) susceptibility can be evaluated. The various results are presented in this paper.

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D. Morichere, Michel L. Dumont, Yves Levy, Gregory Gadret, and Francois Kajzar "Nonlinear properties of poled-polymer films: SHG and electro-optic measurements", Proc. SPIE 1560, Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic Materials IV, (1 December 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.50719

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