Progress on heteroaromatic chromophores in high-temperature polymers for electro-optic applications

Alex K.Y. Jen; Varanasi Pushkara Rao; K. J. Drost; Yongming Cai; Robert M. Mininni; John T. Kenney; Edward S. Binkley; Larry Raymond Dalton; Seth R. Marder

doi:10.1117/12.173832

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15 May 1994 Progress on heteroaromatic chromophores in high-temperature polymers for electro-optic applications

Alex K.Y. Jen, Varanasi Pushkara Rao, K. J. Drost, Yongming Cai, Robert M. Mininni, John T. Kenney, Edward S. Binkley, Larry Raymond Dalton, Seth R. Marder

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Proceedings Volume 2143, Organic, Metallo-Organic, and Polymeric Materials for Nonlinear Optical Applications; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.173832
Event: OE/LASE '94, 1994, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

We have developed several classes of thermally stable nonlinear optical chromophores based on the combination of efficient thiophene conjugating units and novel electron-donating and electron-accepting functional groups. The incorporation of these chromophores into high temperature polymers produces high linear electro-optic coefficients and long-term thermal stability at elevated temperatures. Active Mach-Zehnder interferometers with a V(pi) phase shift of 50 volts and low attenuation (< 2 dB/cm) were fabricated. Thermal baking of the poled device demonstrated no change in activity after 30 minutes at 230 degree(s)C.

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Alex K.Y. Jen, Varanasi Pushkara Rao, K. J. Drost, Yongming Cai, Robert M. Mininni, John T. Kenney, Edward S. Binkley, Larry Raymond Dalton, and Seth R. Marder "Progress on heteroaromatic chromophores in high-temperature polymers for electro-optic applications", Proc. SPIE 2143, Organic, Metallo-Organic, and Polymeric Materials for Nonlinear Optical Applications, (15 May 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.173832

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