Organic Polymeric Electro-Optic Materials: Synthesis, Processing and Device Applications

Abstract

A number of polymeric second and third order nonlinear optical materials were designed and synthesized. The materials were characterized for their thermal properties and processed into thin films by Langmuir-Blodgett technique or spin coating methods which then were evaluated by second harmonic generation and electric field induced phase changes by interferometry. Stable second order nonlinear coefficient was obtained in crosslinked systems. Waveguiding with low loss was achieved in spin coated nonlinear optical polymer films, and frequency doubling experiments in waveguide configuration were performed.... Electro-Optic Effects, Guided Wave Devices, Organic Polymers, Nonlinear Optical Materials, Langmuir-Blodgett Films, Second Harmonic Generation

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA267133

Entities

People

  • Jayant Kumar
  • Sukant Tripathy

Organizations

  • University of Massachusetts Lowell

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkenes
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Dielectric Permittivity
  • Electric Fields
  • Films
  • Frequency
  • Glass Transition Temperature
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Molecules
  • Optical Properties
  • Polymeric Films
  • Polymers
  • Thin Films

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Nanocomposite Materials Science
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.