Nonlinear Optical Polymers Derived from Organic/Inorganic Composites

Abstract

A general approach to the development of multicomponent multifunctional stable NLO materials based on sol-gel reactions has been discussed. We have shown that these second order NLO organic/inorganic composites exhibit excellent room temperature stability of the second order optical nonlinearity. The final structure is an orientationally ordered organic/ inorganic network. After an initial decay, excellent long term stability at elevated temperatures, ranged from 100 to 120 deg C is observed for a number of different systems. The second order optical nonlinearities are reasonably large for radical device considerations. Sol-gel, Nonlinear optical polymers, Organic/ inorganic composites.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 18, 1994
Accession Number
ADA277408

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  • J. I. Chen
  • Jayant Ram Kumar
  • Lian Li
  • R. J . Jeng
  • S. Marturunkakul
  • Sukant K. Tripathy
  • X. L. Jiang

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  • University of Massachusetts Lowell

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  • Advanced Electronics

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  • Sol Gel Processes
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