Poling and optical studies of DNA NLO waveguides

Emily M. Heckman; Perry P. Yaney; James G. Grote; F. Kenneth Hopkins

doi:10.1117/12.614455

18 August 2005 Poling and optical studies of DNA NLO waveguides

Emily M. Heckman, Perry P. Yaney, James G. Grote, F. Kenneth Hopkins

Proceedings Volume 5934, Nonlinear Optical Transmission and Multiphoton Processes in Organics III; 593408 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.614455
Event: Optics and Photonics 2005, 2005, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), extracted from salmon sperm through an enzyme isolation process, is precipitated with a surfactant complex, cetyltrimethl-ammonium chloride (CTMA), for application as a nonlinear optical (NLO) material. Preliminary characterization studies suggest DNA-CTMA may be suitable for use as the host material in the poled core layer of electro-optically-active waveguide devices. Further studies have also indicated that it may be possible to create an all-DNA-CTMA NLO waveguide device using DNA-CTMA as both the core and cladding materials. Challenges and accomplishments in creating an all-DNA-CTMA waveguide device are discussed as well as poling results and techniques for poled-chromophore-DNA-CTMA films. Optical characterization studies, including optical propagation losses, of the DNA-CTMA films are presented.

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Emily M. Heckman, Perry P. Yaney, James G. Grote, and F. Kenneth Hopkins "Poling and optical studies of DNA NLO waveguides", Proc. SPIE 5934, Nonlinear Optical Transmission and Multiphoton Processes in Organics III, 593408 (18 August 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.614455

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