Title :
New heteroaromatic polymers for third-order nonlinear optics
Author :
Kurihara, Takashi ; Kaino, T. ; Zhou, Zhi-Hua ; Kanbara, T. ; Yamamoto, Takayuki
Author_Institution :
NTT Opto-Electron Labs., Ibaraki, Japan
fDate :
3/26/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Measurements of optical third-harmonic generation have been made on novel heteroaromatic pi -conjugated polymer thin films. The third-order nonlinear optical susceptibility chi (3) of poly(thiophene-2,5-diyl pyridine-2,5-diyl) (PTPY), which has the strongest intramolecular charge transfer among the polymers discussed in this work, is 1.5*10-10 esu at the near three-photon resonance wavelength.
Keywords :
nonlinear optics; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; polymer films; PTPY; heteroaromatic polymers; intramolecular charge transfer; optical susceptibility; optical third-harmonic generation; pi -conjugated polymer thin films; poly(thiophene-2,5-diyl pyridine-2,5-diyl); third-order nonlinear optics;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19920430