Progress in organic third-order nonlinear optical materials

Mark G. Kuzyk

doi:10.1117/12.45122

1 March 1991 Progress in organic third-order nonlinear optical materials

Mark G. Kuzyk

Proceedings Volume 1436, Photochemistry and Photoelectrochemistry of Organic and Inorganic Molecular Thin Films; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.45122
Event: Optics, Electro-Optics, and Laser Applications in Science and Engineering, 1991, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

Doped polymers are highly transparent materials that are rendered nonlinear with dye molecule dopants. The second-order nonlinear-optical properties of doped polymers have been extensively studied over the last five years with several laboratories reporting the demonstration of second harmonic and electrooptic switching devices. The third-order nonlinear-optical properties of these materials are also large. In this contribution, we report on progress in understanding and optimizing the nonlinear response of such materials. Also, we discuss a process for making polymer fibers with doped cores for all-optical device applications.

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Mark G. Kuzyk "Progress in organic third-order nonlinear optical materials", Proc. SPIE 1436, Photochemistry and Photoelectrochemistry of Organic and Inorganic Molecular Thin Films, (1 March 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.45122

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